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Obama says US must shift cars, trucks off of oil
charter.net/ ^ | March 15, 2013 | NEDRA PICKLER and MATTHEW DALY

Posted on 03/16/2013 11:25:04 PM PDT by lionstar

LEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Envisioning cars that can go "coast to coast without using a drop of oil," President Barack Obama on Friday urged Congress to authorize spending $2 billion over the next decade to expand research into electric cars and biofuels to wean automobiles off gasoline.

Obama, expanding on an initiative he addressed in his State of the Union speech last month, said the United States must shift its cars and trucks entirely off oil to avoid perpetual fluctuations in gas prices. Citing policies that already require automakers to increase gas mileage, he said he expects that by the middle of the next decade, Americans will only have to fill up their cars half as often.

"We've set some achievable but ambitious goals," Obama said, speaking at Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago

"The only way to break this cycle of spiking gas prices — the only way to break that cycle for good — is to shift our cars entirely, our cars and trucks, off oil," the president said.

Friday's speech, with its focus on energy, was designed to draw attention to what the White House says is one of Obama's top agenda items for his second term. That focus, however, has been overshadowed as the administration and Congress work on an immigration overhaul, gun legislation and deficit-reduction measures.

Obama cast his proposal as not only a clean energy plan, but as one meant to create opportunities for economic growth.

"I want the next great job-creating breakthroughs, whether it's in energy or nanotechnology or bio-engineering , I want those breakthroughs to be right here in the United States of America, creating American jobs and maintaining our technological lead," he said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: carbontax; energy; greencars; greenscam; obama; ptbarnum
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To: ltc8k6

Zero is not talking about LNG to power vehicles either.

Zero is under the delusion that we can power a rollerskate with a couple of “D” cell alkaline batteries and get it to drive acros the country with a 1000lbs of adults in the passenger compartment.


61 posted on 03/17/2013 5:52:54 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Obama has turned America into an aristocracy of the unaccomplished.)
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To: lionstar

Why? Because Obama says so. It’s for our own good.


62 posted on 03/17/2013 5:55:33 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Low Bible information Christians vote Democrat.)
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To: lionstar

Can’t charge batteries without electricity,but no coal plants, no nuclear plants... where is this magical energy coming from idiot?


63 posted on 03/17/2013 5:58:27 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: lionstar

Meanwhile, in Saudi Arabia:

“A study from the International Energy Agency last year predicted that by 2020, U.S. oil production will outstrip that of OPEC’s de facto leader, Saudi Arabia.”

http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2013/03/13/energy-journal-opec-acknowledges-u-s-oil-threat/

But who ya gonna believe...Obama, or your own lyin’ eyes?


64 posted on 03/17/2013 5:58:41 AM PDT by FLAMING DEATH (I'm not racist - I hate Biden too!)
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To: Goldsborough

How dare you! do you know how much water that will waste by people having to the panels clean!/s


65 posted on 03/17/2013 6:01:14 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: mylife
Things Made From Oil That We Use Daily (a partial list)[From PBS, of all place]
66 posted on 03/17/2013 6:02:06 AM PDT by metesky (Brethren, leave us go amongst them! - Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond, The Searchers)
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To: TigersEye

You can this ideal is from a person who has ever set foot on a construction site.


67 posted on 03/17/2013 6:03:47 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: lionstar

Why? Because Obama says so. It’s for our own good.


68 posted on 03/17/2013 6:05:01 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Low Bible information Christians vote Democrat.)
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To: lionstar

Leave the coal and oil where it is.
Spend money on windmill cronies instead.


69 posted on 03/17/2013 6:09:14 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: Grams A
“How difficult is it to say yes or no to something”

It depends is what kind of mood the Takers are in, which usually runs in parallel with their EBT Card balance.

70 posted on 03/17/2013 6:35:03 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: lionstar

I can imagine an Obama car with a mast and sails, solar panels, a small engine running on $10/gallon biofuels and pedals for when all of the above aren’t working. Within easy reach are vehicles that run on abundant, clean natural gas, however, the global warming cultists will still have a fit because they would emit that evil CO2.


71 posted on 03/17/2013 6:55:35 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: lionstar
Obama, born stupid and practiced to perfection! Switch to WHAT!
72 posted on 03/17/2013 6:57:29 AM PDT by JayAr36 (In a compromise between good and evil, evil ALWAYS BENEFITS.)
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To: Ouderkirk
Zero is under the delusion that we can power a rollerskate with a couple of “D” cell alkaline batteries and get it to drive acros the country with a 1000lbs of adults in the passenger compartment.

Or 50,000 lbs of freight on an 18-wheeler.

73 posted on 03/17/2013 7:10:59 AM PDT by Dartman (Mubarak and Gaddafi are going to look like choirboys when this is over)
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To: metesky

Guitar strings? Nipples and Binkies?


74 posted on 03/17/2013 8:47:07 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: dr_lew

I don’t see the compressed air thing working very well,since storage and distance are a problem.

Though compressed air certainly can perform powerful work.


75 posted on 03/17/2013 8:50:36 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

LOL!!!


76 posted on 03/17/2013 8:59:15 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Little Pig

“so that means the only viable generation source for that much electric power is nuclear.

Somehow I don’t see the greens going for that one, not that they’re known for actually thinking anything through to that extent.”

Actually, some of them have, in a big way. I think that many of the objections to our PRESENT nuclear power are valid - but we’ve learned a lot in 60 years, and if that was applied, nuclear would be safe, clean, and available very long-term (possibly hundreds of years), during which time SOMEONE is going to figure out fusion power.


77 posted on 03/17/2013 9:02:25 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: The Antiyuppie

My previous post in no way implies any support for the goof who is the subject of this thread.

Unless under the pressure of war, the government has an extremely poor track record on throwing money at a problem and producing good, or sometimes any, results.


78 posted on 03/17/2013 9:05:21 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: Secret Agent Man

tarp bailout, i meant.


79 posted on 03/17/2013 9:56:00 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: lionstar

Envisioning = Stoned


80 posted on 03/17/2013 10:09:48 AM PDT by Vaduz
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