Gingrich said America can compete in the world market with any country, but firms have to be able to invest in order to do so.

People need to demand change both in their government and educational system that defines what outcomes should be.

As part of educational reform, Gingrich said he is in favor paying the best teachers more money.

U.S. energy policy must change to lower the dependence on foreign oil because such dependence is a risk to national security and to the national economy.

Gingrich said he wants to see the development of hydrogen fuels and alternative fuel sources. Such a change would eliminate dependency on the Middle East and be better for the environment, he said.

Businesses have to be encouraged to develop preventative health care programs for workers. “It’s cheaper in the long run, not more expensive,” he said. “It lowers the cost (of health care).”

Gingrich said he expects scientific knowledge to expand rapidly in the next 25 years with as much as four to seven times in new scientific breakthroughs than in the past 25 years.

That’s because of today’s almost instantaneous communication allowing ideas to get into the marketplace faster, he said.

The digital revolution will fuel the pace of change, too, with the amount of computing power doubling about every 16 months, he said.

Will Gingrich seek president nomination?

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich won’t reveal whether he plans to seek the Republican nomination for president of the United States until at least Sept. 30.

During a news conference Friday before his speech, he said, “I won’t even think about it” until after a nationwide Internet-based workshop by American Solutions for Winning the Future, a group he created, is held Sept. 27. That workshop will cover topics from health care to taxation.

Gingrich feels it’s too early for candidates to campaign.

“It strikes me as kind of nutty to spend all of 2007 campaigning so you can spend all of 2008 campaigning so you can finally get a job in 2009,” he said.