Bush Stresses Fuel Technology

By Michael A. Fletcher
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 23, 2007; Page A08
FRANKLINTON, N.C., Feb. 22 -- President Bush touted his plan Thursday to reduce the projected consumption of gasoline by 20 percent over the next decade, predicting that alternative fuels such as ethanol made from wood chips and switch grass will play a major role in powering the country's automobiles.
Bush said the goal, which he outlined last month in his State of the Union address, is vital to the nation's future. "We are on the verge of breakthroughs to allow a pile of wood chips to become the raw materials for fuels that'll run your car," Bush said during a visit to a plant here that makes enzymes critical to ethanol production.
Using more alternative fuels not only will be good for the environment, Bush said, but also will reduce the nation's dependence on oil from unfriendly nations and insulate the U.S. economy from the shocks caused by sudden increases in oil prices.
What? Has Bush become a Corn Farmer? Is he growing grass for fuel? What is going on here that he would be advocating for alternative fuel? I just know there is a hidden agenda here somewhere!

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