Hybrids, Wind Power Key to Energy Independence

2 February 2005 - 2:00pm

Advances in Hybrid Car and Wind Power Technologies Could Dramatically Reduce America's Oil Consumption.

"Moving to the highly efficient gas-electric hybrids with a plug-in capacity, combined with the construction of thousands of wind farms across the country feeding electricity into a national grid, will give us the energy security that has eluded us for three decades. It will also rejuvenate farm and ranch communities and shrink the U.S. balance-of-trade deficit. Even more important, it will dramatically cut carbon emissions, making the United States a model that other countries can emulate."

Source: Environmental News Network, February 2, 2005
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