Detroit Big 3 Offered No New Alternatives To Save Fuel To Whitehouse

President George W. Bush praised Detroit automakers Monday for promoting alternatives to gasoline, as the three auto chief executives fully committed to making half of their new vehicles flex-fuel capable by 2012.

While the event lacked new initiatives from the White House or automakers, it did emphasize the priority that both sides have put on alternative fuels, especially ethanol.

Although Congress appears likely to approve some kind of boost for ethanol production, some agricultural and environmental groups question whether ethanol can reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil without serious side effects.


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1970toyotamarc - 3/27/2007 1:06:15 PM

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Why should the Big 2 and Chrysler offer new alternatives, as long as they continue to get CAFE credits for all the E85 vehicles they produce that will never actually be fueled with E85 (for all the multitude of reasons that have been stated repeatedly).

Agent009 - 3/27/2007 1:14:11 PM

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Exactly why they wanted the agreement. Make them all E85 compliant and then blame the consumer.

You would think after all of this begging to meet the White House, they would have brought something to the table to say "we are trying". But it seems all they were interested in was maintaining the status quo.

gsh23 - 3/27/2007 1:46:05 PM

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sounds like a normal day at the office for the big 2 + DCX....

t_bone - 3/27/2007 7:45:41 PM

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Seems like Bush and the Big 2.5 execs get off every time a vehicle slows down and the kinetic energy is transferred into heating the brake pads. Recycle that energy into your next acceleration? Nah, who wants to cut down on fuel demand? Bad for business (except maybe for those hybrid cab drivers...).

chewy - 3/27/2007 10:35:45 PM

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E85 hype continues. Bio diesel is still 4 times better.