Fri
Jul 20 2007
01:58 pm
By: R. Neal
WhitesCreek Steve brings our attention to HR1506, the Markey-Platts bill that would increase average fuel efficiency standards to 35MPG in ten years. That sounds almost too reasonable, and there's no good reason why it can't be done.
Steve has a post here on why this should move forward, and also has action items here. Attached is a Pew Research PDF fact sheet.
More from the Sierra Club, and the League of Conservation Voters.
Beware, the Energy Billionaire's Club and their right-wing "conservative" enablers are pulling out all the stops to defeat this...
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It seems the petroleum
It seems the petroleum industry's trade assiciation agrees there's a problem: (link...)
The Union of Concerned Scientists.
point out that we will never be able to produce enough oil if we squander it.
With current technology we could reduce oil demand by over 40% if we wanted to.
Let's set the bar high and get ready to jump.