"Our dependence on foreign oil is like a foreign tax on the American dream. And that tax is growing every year," Bush said. "My administration is doing all we can to help ease the problem."
Democrats say their proposal encouraging a 40 percent reduction in imports by 2025 - a figure they say represents more than 7.5 million barrels of oil a day - would send a strong signal about the nation's intent without instituting requirements about how to reach that goal. Republican leaders said the goal could not be attained without steep increases in automotive fuel efficiency."It's clearly nothing that anybody could achieve," said Senator Pete V. Domenici, Republican of New Mexico and the chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
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Ana Unruh Cohen Posted 7:10 am
16 Jun 2005
"The book of nature is always open." - Louis Agassiz
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Ana Unruh Cohen Posted 7:19 am
16 Jun 2005
The Cantwell amendment was defeated 47 to 53 with 3 Republicans voting for it and 1 Democrat voting against it.
Sorry for the mix up!
"The book of nature is always open." - Louis Agassiz
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CreateMaintainDotCom Posted 9:34 am
16 Jun 2005
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amazingdrx Posted 12:26 am
17 Jun 2005
Toyota is in the car business, GM in the oil powered car business.
The EV1 was all electric, and stood still once the batteries needed charging. It was never introduced into the mass market. GM has a diesel hybrid that will never be manufacrured either.
The toyota hybrids keep on going, but have limited mileage possibilities.
Toyota could produce a plugin hybrid,with unlimited mileage on short trips and hybrid mileage on longer trips, but then oil monopoly duuhbyaist government would punish them.
So toyota throws the oily dog a bone, offering to help GM and ford out with access to their hybrid powerplants. So just maybe plugin hybrids will be ok'ed someday?
The plugin hybrid combines the all electric EV1 infinite mileage on short trips with the long range utility of the regular toyota hybrid.
Consumers are plugging in their own toyota hybrids by adding extra battery packs, but toyota warns that voids the warranty.
If we want to elimiate imported oil over the next 10 years? Make plugin hybrids the standard vehicle for government employees on the job.
The mass market created will bring the price down, due to mass production, where consumers will buy them to save money on fuel.
Government energy policy must shift in order to make the US auto industry competitive again. The interests of we the people, our economy, and our jobs must begin to out weigh the interests of oil monopolists.
Or the US manufacturing base will go the way of the UK before it. Pensioners and service jobs do not a happy society make, look at Great Britain.
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