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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, says the rhetoric in the climate change debate can be exaggerated.

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(CNN) -- Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican who hails from Kentucky coal country, tried to find some "middle ground" with HBO host Bill Maher on climate change, saying Friday night that he supports deregulating alternative sources of energy.

"We need more energy, and maybe cleaner energy will supplant less clean energy over time--and it already is--but I don't think that shutting down dramatically one form of energy is a good idea for an economy," the first-term senator said on "Real Time."

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While saying he's not against some regulations, such as on carbon emissions and clean water, Paul said he plans on introducing legislation "in the next month or so" that would cut regulation of alternative fuels.

"I'm for trying to get the government out of the way of converting your trucks from diesel to natural gas, or from gasoline to ethanol," he said. "And try to let the marketplace take care of this, because some of these fuels are actually cheaper, too, and if they're cheaper then people will go for a cheaper alternative that also is cleaner for the environment."

His comments come as Paul, who's planning a presidential run but says he hasn't made a final decision yet, has blasted President Obama and other Democrats for supporting policies that would negatively affect the coal industry in his home state.

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With his cordial, enlightening appearance on HBOs Real Time with Bill Maher, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) proved that he might just give Hillary Clinton a run for some liberal votes, but also that his fellow Republicans better up their game if they want to truly engage in outreach.

During Friday evenings satellite interview, liberal comedian Maher and the libertarian-leaning senator seemed largely in-sync on issues like the war on drugs and the fight against ISIS. Even for an issue on which they fundamentally disagree climate change the senator presented himself as a seeker of middle ground, proposing the deregulation of alternative fuel sources.

Acknowledging how rare it is for a leading Republican to appear in unfriendly territory like Real Time, Maher introduced Paul as the one Republican who is willing to go to places Republicans dont usually speak, adding, I admire him greatly for that.

The HBO host was correct because if one looks back at the senators recent public appearances, a workable 2016 motto emerges: Rand Paul: Going Where No Republican Has Gone Before.

Upon review, the past year has seen Sen. Paul visiting college campuses normally seen as hotbeds of hostility to the Republican Party; holding engagement sessions with black leaders and inner-city groups normally wary of the conservative message; and meeting with Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, despite the tech industrys overwhelming preference for liberal politicians.

Its all part of a strategy to bring the senators libertarian strand of conservatism to anyone who will listen. Reaching out and engaging new audiences remains a priority to me, Paul told Mediaite.

Such engagement has proved fruitful for the senator. His March speech at UC Berkeley, which mostly focused on government spying, resulted in a standing ovation from a packed auditorium at a school known for its political liberalism. And in April, when Paul spoke at Harvard University, his own ex-rival Trey Grayson (then-director of the schools Institute of Politics) introduced him as without question the Republican who best connects with millennial voters across the country.

On top of that, Rand Paul was also the only nationally-elected Republican to address the National Urban League conference this July. He went above and beyond his party and even most Democrats by attending a listening session with local activists, pastors, and black leaders last month in the turmoil-wracked city of Ferguson, Mo.

Such active attempts to hold court with black voters is why when the Republicans opened an engagement office in inner-city Detroit, they tapped Paul to headline the event.

Perhaps the most astonishing part is that hes the only Republican to do all of the above while also winning the Conservative Political Action Conferences presidential straw poll and helping a dozen GOP candidates get elected or re-elected to the Senate, including his own fellow Kentuckian in Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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