AndyH
Well-known member
Got this today from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Seems the Transportation Secretary needs a bit of help understanding how EVs will help the public deal with increasing fuel prices. Calling all blog commenters!
Info and posting tips from the UCS:
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/what_you_can_do/dot-blog-comment-tips.html
Secretary LaHood's DOT blog:
http://fastlane.dot.gov/2011/04/electric-drive-summit-.html
The DOT blog is moderated - please also send your comments to the UCS so they can police the submissions and make sure we're being heard:
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/what_you_can_do/sec-lahood-reportback.html
UCS said:Please leave your personal comment on the Fast Lane blog and tell him that Americans are watching his actions, and want him to support a clean car standard of 60 miles per gallon that will help relieve pain at the pump, cut pollution, and bring new vehicle technologies—and the jobs they create—to market.
Info and posting tips from the UCS:
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/what_you_can_do/dot-blog-comment-tips.html
Secretary LaHood's DOT blog:
http://fastlane.dot.gov/2011/04/electric-drive-summit-.html
The DOT blog is moderated - please also send your comments to the UCS so they can police the submissions and make sure we're being heard:
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/what_you_can_do/sec-lahood-reportback.html
UCS said:Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Ray LaHood recently wrote in his Fast Lane blog, "With gas prices rising above four dollars per gallon, families and businesses are feeling the effects. And once again elected officials are clamoring for action to instantly reverse that trend. But we know that you can't bring down energy prices overnight."
But while Sec. LaHood then went on to tout the DOT's role in electric vehicle development, he did not mention that the way to get these vehicles—and the pump savings and emissions relief they offer—to U.S. drivers is by committing to strong clean car standards through 2025. In fact, Sec. LaHood is poised to make critical decisions on these standards this summer that could be as strong as 60 miles per gallon by 2025. But automakers are pressuring him to set much weaker standards that wouldn’t deliver the savings at the pump, pollution reductions, or oil savings we need.
Sec. LaHood rarely gets comments from the public on his blog—that needs to change today.