Daniel Yergin of Cambridge Energy Research Associates says that affects a big chunk of the nation's energy supply.

NPR: Oil Prices Likely to Stay High Next Year

Understanding better how that self-interest affects the broader education landscape is necessary to better grasp the big picture and where we need to go from here.

FORBES: A Critique of Power

To the extent it affects the atmosphere, we obviously hope it affects it positively, because I think it demonstrates the capacity of Americans to do big things when they work together and work on common goals.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

That's a big problem because if hate crimes are seriously undercounted, as he believes they are, it affects the allocation of law enforcement dollars.

NPR: Fudging the Numbers on Hate Crimes