Re: Alternative energy and the Automobile Industry
I think from a national defense perspective it'd be smart to have alternative ways to fuel our war machines -- so I wouldn't be opposed to the pentagon researching this. Many of our societies greatest inventions were spurred by the pentagon or NASA.
Give consumers a tax credit if they purchase high fuel-efficiency vehicles.
Other than that I'm confident that the free market will come up with solution. The prius, while far from ideal is a step in the right direction and a sign of things to come.
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