| During the State of the Union Address on
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| | program, according to Ford Executive Vice
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| January 31,2006 President George W. Bush
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| | President Anne Stevens. This means that
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| presented a plan to the people of the
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| | the American consumer will find these
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| United States and to the U.S. Congress to
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| | vehicles in showrooms sooner rather than
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| replace more than 75 percent of our oil
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| | later.
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| imports from the Middle East by 2025.He
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| | USA Today writer James R. Healy did a
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| spoke of hybrid cars, hydrogen based fuel
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| | cover story on Thursday February 2,2006
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| cell cars and the expansion of ethanol
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| | highlighting the message from the States
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| fueled vehicles. The ethanol-based
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| | of the Union Address indicating that E85
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| technology is already here, there are
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| | is not the answer because among other
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| already somewhere in the neighborhood of
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| | things the infrastructure is not in
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| 5 million Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFV)
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| | place, except for the Midwest, and, if
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| already on the road in the USA.FFV can
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| | you do not own one of the 5 million FFV
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| run on regular unleaded gasoline or a
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| | currently on the road you would need to
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| blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15
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| | buy a new car that can use E85. I
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| percent regular unleaded gasoline (known
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| | understand these very valid points but I
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| as E85) or any percentage of ethanol and
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| | also must say that it is February 2006 as
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| gasoline blend in between.
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| | I write this article and 2025 is still 19
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| The expansion of FFV is, in my opinion,
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| | years away. The technology is here; we
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| an opportunity for General Motors and
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| | just need to get on board with the new
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| Ford to step forward and show the
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| | technology now in order to cut the
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| American people that they can compete by
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| | dependency on foreign oil imports in the
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| building vehicles that are friendlier to
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| | future.
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| the environment and not dependent on
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| | In his USA Today feature article Mr.
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| products imported to us from the
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| | Healy noted that Ford CEO Bill Ford
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| politically volatile Middle East.
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| | states his company will boost FFV
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| Ford showed off an ethanol-hybrid SUV
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| | production 25% this year to 250,000. Also
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| this past January at the Washington, D.C.
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| | noted was that General Motors has pledged
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| auto show, as reported by USA Today
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| | to build more than 400,000 FFV annually,
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| writer James R. Healy. This E85-burning
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| | starting this year. Noting that a barrel
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| hybrid Ford Escape is part of a
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| | of oil is saved for every 37 gallons of
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| development program, not a research
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| | E85 that is used.
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