Hey, Obama, tackle this--you're hiding your head in a hole in the sand: "We must start producing cars that use less oil. The auto industry has not been asked to raise economy standards in 17 years, and lately both Republican's and Democrats have stopped asking. Today we have no choice. Starting in 2008, we should raise corporate average fuel economy standards a modest 3 percent a year over the next twelves years... This is by no means a dramatic increase: five years ago, the National Academy of Sciences concluded that raising CAFE to 33 mpg for passenger cars could easily be done without compromising passenger safety."
Mr. Senator--in fact--according to the National Academy of Sciences, "Failure to implement significant reductions in net greenhouse gas emissions now will make the job MUCH HARDER..." We will be "...experiencing MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS."
And so..., don't you know... what about plug-in hybrids...?
Well, isn't it sort of difficult to believe that all those vast multitudes of cars on the freeway everyday are only going twenty miles... (twenty miles is the proposed range of the plug-in hybrid--after that it switches from battery to gasoline).
Oh yeah, Obama--20% of your heating bill could be saved by effective attic insulation...?
Actually, isn't the really, really big question here (forgetting about entirely electric cars with quickly switchable battery packs): how do "we" get all those millions and millions of "MAJOR GOVERNMENT MISTAKES BENEFITTING THE OIL COMPANIES" (read regular cars) off the road.
Like let's get real--drop in an electric motor and a small quickly-swappable/plug-in battery pack (that twenty mile job), and then charge at home or off the freeway--with electric lines "dug" into the lanes themselves...
Where in hell are you coming from dude...
Whatever..., dog you surely don't belong at the head of the pack!!!

I have always wondered why you couldn't just put a little Honda portable generator in the trunk of your electric car?