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July/August '06 - Activists Promote the Film, Ford Retreats on Hybrids

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Reviews of the movie by the score have been fueled by $75 per barrel oil and the fear of $4 per gallon gas. Ford about-face on hybrids a slap in the face to Big Enviro While consumers may be awakening to the need for plug-in cars and government conferences on the subject multiply, the automakers continue to send very mixed signals.

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Schwarzenegger's Green Cred Fading with CARB Caos

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Schwarzenegger has vetoed bills that would put new taxes on polluters, spur the development of alternative fuels and help clean the air. He has accepted $1 million in campaign cash from the oil industry, and he had threatened to veto the global warming bill unless it was made more business-friendly.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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I believe strongly that this country has to get off oil," he says, sitting beside a massive V-16 engine on display in his office. Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ).

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