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Newswire via COMTEX) -- Following is a statement from David Friedman, the research director
of the Union of Concerned Scientists, regarding a possible fuel economy requirement: +ADwo:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4APA-span style+AD0'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-Arial Unicode MS+ACI-'+AD4AJg-quot+ADs-This could be the
breakthrough we have been waiting for on fuel economy. The president joins leaders in Congress
calling for increasing the gas mileage of cars, SUVs, minivans and pickup trucks to 34 mpg by
2017. This is the equivalent of a four percent improvement per year. However, this will only be a
breakthrough if the president and Congress work together to pass a law guaranteeing that this
goal becomes reality, while avoiding loopholes and escape clauses. They must also work
together to continue these improvements beyond 2017. Only then will we be able to reduce our
oil dependence, save money at the pump and put the auto industry on the road to recovery.
+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4APA-span
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barrels of oil per day in 2017, more than we currently import from +ADw-st1:country-region
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pollution by 95 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in that same year. This is equivalent to
taking 14 million of today's cars and trucks off the road. +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACIArial Unicode MS+ACI-'+AD4AJg-quot+ADs-UCS analysis also shows that producing 35
billion gallons of renewable fuels by 2017 would cut our projected oil demand by 1.5 million
barrels per day in 2017, reducing our oil dependence by 6.4 percent. If 18 billion gallons came
from corn ethanol, then the remaining 17 billion gallons must come from +ADw-span
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2017. These fuels must be produced without polluting the air, water and soil. If the president's
renewable and alternative fuel goal is met primarily with ethanol, it would reduce global
warming pollution by 160 million metric tons in 2017, the equivalent of taking nearly 24 million
of today's cars and trucks off the road. +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-Arial Unicode
MS+ACI-'+AD4AJg-quot+ADs-If alternative fuels are made from coal instead of renewable
resources, the president will not meet his stated goal of stopping the projected growth in carbon
dioxide emissions from cars, light trucks and SUVs. Instead of cutting global warming pollution,
making gasoline or diesel from coal would double the amount of global warming pollution
produced from gasoline today. +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4+ADw-p+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-Arial Unicode MS+ACI'+AD4AJg-quot+ADs-To address global warming, the president needed to go much further. We
must set an overall cap on global warming pollution for the entire economy. This step will
complement policies that directly address transportation, electricity and other sources of
pollution. For example, we need legislation that would require utilities to produce 20 percent of
the nation's electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar power by 2020. The
renewable electricity standard is the best way to cut power plant emissions, reducing emissions
by 434 million metric tons, the equivalent of taking nearly 63 million of today's cars and trucks
off the road.+ACY-quot+ADs- +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4+ADw-p+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-Arial Unicode MS+ACI'+AD4-Formed in 1969, the Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit
working for a healthy environment and a safer world. +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACIArial Unicode MS+ACI-'+AD4-Contact: Emily Robinson, 202-331-5427, or Aaron +ADw-span
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