It is good to see President Bush working on the U.S. energy problem. My biggest two complaints against President Bush was the lack of concern for U.S. energy dependence and the wide open Mexican/Canadian borders.
President Bush mentioned our "addiction to oil" in his State of the union address. Currently, we are too dependant on the Middle East, Venezuela, and African countries. Additionally, I have always felt the U.S. has ignored alternate fuel sources. Today, on Fox News I saw that UPS is converting their fleet of trucks to Hybrid-vehicles, saving 800 gallons of gas per truck each year.
Well, today President Bush is showing off some excellent alternatives.
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One of Bush's proposals would expand research into smaller, longer-lasting batteries for electric-gas hybrid cars, including plug-ins. He highlighted that initiative with a visit Monday to the battery center at Milwaukee-based auto-parts supplier Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI)
During his trip, Bush is also focusing on a proposal to increase investment in development of clean electric power sources, and proposals to speed the development of biofuels such as "cellulosic" ethanol made from wood chips or sawgrass.
"Our nation is on the threshold of new energy technology that I think will startle the American people," Bush said. "We're on the edge of some amazing breakthroughs - breakthroughs all aimed at enhancing our national security and our economic security and the quality of life of the folks who live here in the United States."
Later Monday, Bush visited the United Solar Ovonics Plant, which makes solar panels, in Auburn Hills, Mich., outside Detroit. "This technology right here is going to help us change the way we live in our homes," Bush told reporters.
Bush said he was impressed with the growing commercial uses of solar energy.
"Roof makers will one day be able to make a solar roof that protects you from the elements and at the same time, powers your house," Bush said. "The vision is this - that technology will become so efficient that you'll become a little power generator in your home, and if you don't use the energy you generate you'll be able to feed it back into the electricity grid."
As a complement to Bush's travels, six Cabinet officials are crisscrossing the nation this week, appearing at more than two dozen energy events in more than a dozen states.
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02-21-2006, 10:05 AM
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