Thursday, January 20, 2005

On the other side of hybrid car hype

Now Mr. McCormick might not think much of the dollar value of green issues, but the Natural Resources Defense Council thinks of hybrids as significantly more than just a green issue.

"This is a do-or-die situation for a vital American industry. We cannot afford to lose the fight," said Roland Hwang, Vehicles Policy Director at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council). "The answer is simple: Compete. Build the best damn cars and trucks in the world, and build them with the clean, efficient technology the market needs now. That means hybrids."

"We need to reduce our dependency on foreign oil. We need to invest in America's factories, rather than sending our dollars overseas to oil-rich areas of the world that are unstable and increasingly hostile to our country," Hwang said. "That means we need to end the stand-off and start delivering real solutions."

Click here for the complete NRDC article, "USA: Detroit faces ‘do-or-die fight’ and must go for hybrids - NRDC analyst"

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Blogger Paz said...

More people should learn about electric vehicles as a solution. "Zero emissions" is something that's going to be required by law one day (you know it will). Making the decision to go electric is far cheaper anyway, like 10 cents on the dollar vs. gas. (source: zapworld.com)

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