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Here are the facts we confront. No one is against conservation. No one is against alternative fuel sources.

As Michigan's voice on the Senate Finance Committee and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, I will continue working to make sure the next generation of advanced technologies and alternative fuel vehicles are made right here in America.

Despite tantalizing suggestions of fossilized microbes in meteorites, puzzling and possibly biogenic methane gas in the martian atmosphere, and a long-standing controversy over the Viking lander experiments of nearly 40 years ago, there's still no Exhibit A that points unequivocally to biology in our own back yard.

Revealing water in significant quantities on the Moon could truly be a turning point in space exploration.

We must move away from our dependency on fossil fuels, and I am glad that GM has invested over $1 billion in hydrogen fuel cells cars to meet this goal.

Detroit is saying that the hydrogen vehicle is the vehicle of the future. But it's 15 years from now.

Along with you, I have witnessed the unfortunate rise in gasoline prices that has accompanied the summer driving season and the more recent spike in prices due to Hurricane Katrina.

That's one of the most exciting things about Michigan's future. We need to, we must capitalize on our alternative-energy vehicles that we can produce right here.

As long as gas is cheaper than bottled water, we can't be in a position of dictating to the consumer what to buy.

I was encouraged to hear that GM has made great progress on the hydrogen car.