tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7311515.post113882016707215430..comments2023-06-26T07:18:48.112-07:00Comments on Guy's Soapbox: State of the UnionGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500493389248967742noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7311515.post-1138905755166147452006-02-02T10:42:00.000-08:002006-02-02T10:42:00.000-08:00Oh, and even more significant -- Yay! I got a rea...Oh, and even more significant -- Yay! I got a real comment on my blog! :)Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500493389248967742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7311515.post-1138905709226986462006-02-02T10:41:00.000-08:002006-02-02T10:41:00.000-08:00Which helps me not at all, because I live in Calif...Which helps me not at all, because I live in California. California has 33.8 million people driving 17.5 million cars, and I don't think many of them are using the 1 E85 gas pump available in the state.<BR/><BR/>Minnesota has a population of 4.9M, and a car population of 2.5M, which puts E85 vehicles at just over 6% adoption. To meet Bush's goal of reducing mideast oil by 75% (mideast oil is 20% of our oil consumption, to that translates to a total reduction of 15%), we need to have about 20% of the car population <I>across the nation</I> running on E85 (or something other than gasoline).<BR/><BR/>So, to clarify, we need either national policy or pervasive local policy, and policy that is tailored to the geography -- for example, in California, you need to encourage Japanese manufacturers to make FFV-ready vehicles, and encourage older vehicles to be retrofitted.Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500493389248967742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7311515.post-1138900512411534262006-02-02T09:15:00.000-08:002006-02-02T09:15:00.000-08:00We got the public policy -- and the E85 pumps -- a...We got the public policy -- and the E85 pumps -- and 160,000 drivers who can use E85. We used 8.5 million gallons of U85 in Minnesota last year.<BR/><BR/>See details at:<BR/>www.cleanairchoice.orgAmerican Lung Association of Minnesotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08068022274578067069noreply@blogger.com