I knew we were doing good, but I had no idea. It seems that despite the arguments of Still President Bush and the oil industry. More than three quarters of Americans believe that policymakers need to focus on new energy technologies, rather than exploring and drilling for more oil.
I’m not sure how much my Replacing Oil blog had to do with it, but this has got to be a major kick in the pants for the McCain campaign. No wonder he looks like a deflated balloon every time he gets in front of a crowd and tries to straight talk about the energy crisis.
It’ll be interesting to see if the Arctic national wildlife refuge in Alaska and the offshore waters of the outer continental shelf will remain safe from oil exploration and drilling. I don’t want to get into it here, but we all know how much regard the Bush administration has for overwhelming public opinion.
The good news is this despite an incredible amount of misinformation about biofuels especially ethanol and other alternative energy technologies. Americans still believe that replacing oil is no longer a choice. Hopefully Obama can stop promising how he’s going to “remake the world” long enough to read the Pickens Plan and form a more concrete alternative energy technology policy.
By the way the pool we are referring to was conducted by he Washington DC research firm, Belden Russonello & Stewart. you can download a PDF of the telephone survey here.
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NHTSA Hearings 8/4/08
I just returned from the NHTSA hearings held on August 4, 2008 in Washington D.C., regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for NEW Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards (CAFÉ) for years 2011-2015.
IMPORTANT FACTS: You will not believe what you are reading.
1) The 414 pages DEIS analysis was based on an average gasoline price of USD $2.16/gallon for 2011-2020. A calculation approved by the NHTSA administrators/managers. Would you believe it???????????
2) The new CAFÉ rules were also established, negotiated and pre-approved by the NHTSA’s management and clearly with the influence of domestic automotive companies and their lobbyists. We have now established fuel standards for 2011-2020 that are presently and already met throughout the rest of the Western world today (see below).
As one guest speaker said today “are they on another planet?”
NHTSA “NEW Fuel Standards” (2011-2015) decision:
Automobiles are to achieve 31.2 mpg by 2011 and 35.7 mpg by 2015. Light trucks are to achieve 25 mpg by 2011, and 28.6 mpg by 2015.
The NTHSA is also setting a goal of 35 mpg on average for 2020.
America needs to know:
The European Union is currently establishing standards, with a goal of reaching 48.9 miles per gallon for new passenger vehicles as early as 2012. The current EU standard already requires more than 40 miles per gallon about 15% higher than the U.S. goal set for 12 years from now.
Japan currently has a standard of about 40 miles per gallon. Japan aims to further improve fuel efficiency by 17% by 2015, reaching 46.9 miles per gallon.
China has a current average of slightly under 35 miles per gallon. Chinese fuel standards are on target to reach the government’s goal of 35.8 miles per gallon by 2009. China will not only meet, but exceed, the goal just established by the United States for 2020 — more than a full decade earlier.
Australia is targeting 34.4 miles per gallon by 2010.
Canada is targeting 34.1 miles per gallon by 2010.
Under the current administration, purchasing an electric vehicle is becoming more of a necessity rather than an alternative.
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