If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The environmental movement doesn't have many deserters and has a high level of recruitment. Eventually, there will be open war.
Look at climate change; don't put your head in the sand. Understand that it is going to have profound effects on our resources and so much else.
There are two perspectives on the oil sands. You have companies that want to make it the next Saudi Arabia. The other is that it's a transitional resource to a low-carbon economy, and to regard it as anything else is to drain the continent's financial resources.
Technically speaking, you can build anything out of sand; it doesn't mean you do it.
The desert is cold early in the morning. Laying down on that sand is like laying on a block of ice.
If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out.
Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.
And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up.
I must explore desert ground and see what can grow. But there are limits. I know in my heart what I would never do.
Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.