WTF is wrong w/clinton? Hillary Clinton calls for 55 MPG fle

Hillary Clinton calls for 55 MPG fleet average by 2030
Posted Nov 5th 2007 3:56PM by John Neff
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Government/Legal, Green

Calling for higher fuel economy standards will be a hallmark of the 2008 presidential elections, mark our words. Politicians used to shy away from the issue, knowing that while the act of improving fuel economy might be popular with the people, automakers themselves would resist. Each democratic candidate is calling for increased federal fuel economy standards, but Hillary Clinton topped most today during a speech in Iowa when she called for national fleetwide average of 55 MPG by 2030.

To reach that lofty number, Clinton said she would make available $20 billion in low-interest loans to the automakers to retool old plants, as well as invest $2 billion in battery research, offer consumers up to $10,000 in tax credits for purchasing a plug-in hybrid and add 100,000 plug-in hybrids to the federal fleet by 2015. (NOTE: There likely won't be a mass-produced plug-in hybrid until after the next president's term is half over.)

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Source: The Detroit News,