Cheaper, Cleaner Energy

Tell Congress To Read The New Fuels & Technologies Report Card

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Americans want environmentally-sound solutions for automobile transportation but worry about the costs of switching from current gasoline-based vehicles. The oil and coal lobbies want our energy future to look a lot like the past: they profit from market dominance and high prices.

Consumer Watchdog has put together a straightforward "Handbook of Transportation and Related Energy Choices for 2009 and Beyond" (View or download the guidebook at the bottom of this page.) with a report card grading the best and worst options on the table. It also calls for real regulation of the oil industry to protect American drivers and businesses from the continued manipulations of our energy markets.

Politicians read the donation reports from their fundraisers, tell them to also read this consumer report card on cleaner and cheaper fuels and technologies.

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Subject: Please Read Consumer Watchdog's New Fuels & Technologies Report Card

Dear Lawmaker:

As you consider legislation to make America's transportation system cleaner and greener, please remember that American drivers need you to think about affordability and practicality. I know that the oil and coal companies have a major lobbying effort to protect their interests, but their interests could make our future dirtier and more expensive than we can afford. Please take a few minutes and read Consumer Watchdog's independent report card and handbook for moving to cleaner and cheaper automobile fuels and technologies. Here is a summary of the grades for each of the major vehicle and fuel choices:

Grade A - Hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles, particularly if also capable of using biofuels.

Grade B - Ethanol, particularly second-generation cellulosic ethanols.

Grade B - Biodiesel, particularly if produced from a source other than soybeans.

Grade C - Compressed natural gas. (Though CNG grade improves if used only for limited-range trucking and public transit).

Grade D - Hydrogen. Conventional production methods energy-wasting, cost and fueling issues unresolved.

Grade F - Fuel from coal. A polluting pork magnet for coal industry.

The handbook lists pros and cons for all of these choices, including cost and speed of development. It also discusses the importance of regulating the oil industry as we transition to cleaner and cheaper technologies.

The handbook and report card are available at http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/CleanerCheaper.pdf

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