GM Exec Touts Push Toward Renewable Energy to Fuel Autos

A top General Motors Corp. executive said Monday that the nation should accelerate the push toward renewable energy to fuel automobiles and said the conversion to ethanol as a leading contributor is “entirely realistic” in a few years.

Lutz said that ethanol could become a major energy component within a few years if energy policy becomes the top national priority — similar to the “Manhattan Project” in which scientists designed and assembled the first atomic weapons.

“I think a timeframe like five years looks entirely realistic,” Lutz said.

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