I think Kerry needs to push adoption of hybrid vehicles..
they are ready for prime time .. in the next few years Toyota Ford and Nissan all have plans for rolling out hybrid vehicles including SUVs.
Here are my proposals
- aggressively increasing minmum average mileage standards
- large tax breaks for auto makers who move their fleets to hybrid
- a directive in which by 2007 or 2008 all autos purchase or leased by the US government have to be hybrid.
- giving state highway grants tied to #3. proposal that all autos purchased or leased by State Govenments have to be hybrid
- increasing tax breaks to people who buy hybrids instead of letting them sunset like Bush's plan...
By encouraging switch over to hybrid vehicles we can help get our economy moving , dramatically improve air quality in big cities and reach total independence from foreign oil.