President Obama emphasized nation building in his speech last week, announcing his plans for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. We have been asking you, the listeners, what you would like to spend all the money that goes into wars, instead here at home?
Many of you would like to see improvements in energy and a shift away from foreign oil dependence. President Obama suggested requiring all cars and light trucks to get up to 56.2 miles per gallon by 2025. Feasible? Seth Fletcher, thinks so. He is the senior editor at Popular Science and author of, “Bottled Lightning: Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy.”
Sean McAlinden, executive vice-president for research and chief economist for the Center for Automotive Research, on the other hand, believes with many of the car companies that this goal is just too ambitious.
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