Give it up for the homie Obama. A Bold Move Against The Arabs.
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14 more years and we are still planning on to be dependent on gas.... Fukk me...Comment -
No obama fans?Comment -
obama baited the line with gas
he'll reel em when they vote
then they'll push back the deadline 10 more yearsComment -
Can't be a fan of a president that can't even prove he's a citizen. SryComment -
Meh. Kinda pointless. Once gas becomes too expensive to the point of being unprofitable, someone will unveil an economical alternative fuel idea that saves us money. The market does this crap on its own, so all Obama is doing with this is trying to take credit for something that will inevitably happen anyway.
Sad part is, people really will give him credit for it.
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The market USED to do it on it's own, it's not free anymore, it's corporitism..Meh. Kinda pointless. Once gas becomes too expensive to the point of being unprofitable, someone will unveil an economical alternative fuel idea that saves us money. The market does this crap on its own, so all Obama is doing with this is trying to take credit for something that will inevitably happen anyway.
Sad part is, people really will give him credit for it.Comment -
...Because the government started butting in on stuff... they should work on fixing that, not implementing useless MPG requirements.
And I guarantee that if there was an economical alternative fuel source, it would be used, regardless of what the government does. If there's profit to be made, it will be availableComment -
If it doesn't work out I guess we can give GM a loan.Comment -
Unreal....Rest of the developed world are more and more devoting itself to alternative energy sources...Electric cars are already getting similar miles per fill with smoother power delivery...Oil/gasoline is yesterdays technologyComment -
54 miles per gallon is a joke, they should have had that back in the 70s
they wont increase the mpg because its not in their financial best interestComment -
no chance, plus most americans dont careComment -
Amen!
Gerald R. Ford Speech
State of the Union 1975
Increasing energy supplies is not enough. We must take additional steps to cut long-term consumption. I therefore propose to the Congress: legislation to make thermal efficiency standards mandatory for all new buildings in the United States; a new tax credit of up to $150 for those homeowners who install insulation equipment; the establishment of an energy conservation program to help low-income families purchase insulation supplies; legislation to modify and defer automotive pollution standards for 5 years, which will enable us to improve automobile gas mileage by 40 percent by 1980.
These proposals and actions, cumulatively, can reduce our dependence on foreign energy supplies from 3 to 5 million barrels per day by 1985. To make the United States invulnerable to foreign disruption, I propose standby emergency legislation and a strategic storage program of 1 billion barrels of oil for domestic needs and 300 million barrels for national defense purposes.
I will ask for the funds needed for energy research and development activities. I have established a goal of 1 million barrels of synthetic fuels and shale oil production per day by 1985 together with an incentive program to achieve it.Comment -
By 2025? That MPG figure should have been achieved years ago.Comment -
im very excited for this. priuses will average 100 mph city by then. i should have gotten a prius instead of a corolla last monthComment
