Fuel Economy Standards Could Downsize U.S. Foreign Oil Dependency

According to a study developed by Professor Daniel M. Kammen and his colleagues at U.C. Berkeley’s Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), America could end the need to import fossil fuels from the Persian Gulf region by 2020! “Towards Energy Independence in 2025″ details immediate and long-term measures, basically increased fuel economy standards that, when applied to the nation’s transportation sector and fleet of power plants, could reduce oil imports by more than 30 percent within 20 years.

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