The president just mentioned the technologies we do here are technologies that will help the nation use less petroleum. There's some importance that's been attached to that.

It's been a trend, but it was really bad this time around. It will definitely affect how much work we're able to do.

You could put a million guys in their garages working on these cars, and it still wouldn't make a noticeable dent in the nation's fuel supply. That said, these cars are still displacing some petroleum, though a tiny amount.

It's some great first steps for us in working and trying to close the gap for those kids who need us so badly, ... I think this is one of the greatest things I've been involved in.

Human resources had to figure out how to do this. There was some paperwork. We've never done this before - let people go and then hire them back in two weeks.

We're weeding through the options that are available to select the several best to get the scientists in the industry working on these problems.