I knew there was a reason we kept Sen. Byrd around. I like the last paragraph:
>"We have unnecessarily endeavored to treat the symptoms and not the core >problem for far too long," said Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) in a speech >to the Senate last week. "A serious energy efficiency program, bolstered by >the promotion of renewable energy and other clean home-grown energy sources, >provides a compass point for a U.S. energy strategy." This story also includes Bill Ford going on about "game-changing" technologies...., so you have to put up with that Political Buzzword crud from the company that sold Think and wanted to crush not only the cars but get rid of the factory. As other companies like GM and Toyota carry on with their alt-fuel-car-crushing, I think of this as "destroying the evidence", particularly as it is not accompanied by by production of expensive replacement EVs for those who might have wanted to pay the price. No matter. Years ago, some voiced that Hybrids weren't important. Now we hear that hybrids have their increasingly strong place. I think years from now we'll start to see some plug-in propulsion on the road, even though in the past we heard there was allegedly "insufficient demand". Then they'll say "but the demand increased" knowing *damn* well that to some extent it was always there, but they played a game of: "Get-away-with-it-for-decades, then blather on about 'game-changing'". MM http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&e=4&u=/nm/20040527/sc_nm/energy_renewables_dc Thu May 27, 3:05 PM ET Add Science - Reuters to My Yahoo! By Gelu Sulugiuc NEW YORK (Reuters) - With fuel prices at record levels, U.S. consumers are once again turning their attention to more efficient cars, companies are investing in renewable energy and government programs are encouraging conservation. The trend mimics the 1970s, when record high oil prices led Americans to trade in their gas guzzlers for smaller foreign cars -- but this time the move is more high-tech. The biggest advances in the renewable fuels revolution are hybrid cars, hydrogen fuel and solar and wind power. "With gasoline prices reaching beyond $2 per gallon... hybrid vehicles are catching more consumers' attention," Prudential analyst Michael Bruynesteyn said. Gas-electric hybrids accounted for only 0.26 percent of the 16.7 million cars and trucks sold last year in the United States. But sales have increased 36 percent so far this year, according to research firm RL Polk & Co., and Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. (news - web sites) decided to ship 47,000 of its Prius hybrids to the United States, up from the 36,000 originally planned for 2004. [etc.] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
