Now, that's one way to regulate, is just to tell people you got to produce more energy-efficient cars.
That's why we invest in solar and wind and biofuels, energy-efficient cars.
Some might say that if more Americans are driving energy-efficient cars, their "carbon footprint" will be reduced in such a way that the environment will be another beneficiary.
And by the way, using energy-efficient cars and trucks can also make economic sense because transportation is one of the biggest costs for many businesses and certainly for many families.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing a plan that would force automakers to produce more energy-efficient cars--increasing average fuel economy from an average 25 miles per gallon to 35 miles per gallon by 2020.
And we know that building energy-efficient cars with better gas mileage and cleaner emissions is going to be a big part of us being able to succeed, not only the auto industry, but also succeed in our quest for a better environment.
And now you're seeing all across Ohio some of the -- this state has received more funds than just about anybody in order to build on that clean energy economy -- new cutting-edge wind turbines and batteries that are going to be going into energy-efficient cars.
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It's a future in which renewable electricity is fueling plug-in hybrid cars and energy-efficient homes and businesses.
Randal O'Toole, a senior fellow with the CATO Institute, said it is far more cost-effective to save energy by encouraging people to drive more fuel-efficient cars than to build and operate high-speed rail.
But I've also seen unions re-training workers to build energy- efficient buildings, innovators designing cars that run on fuel cells and biofuels and electricity, cars that get more miles per gallon than ever before, cars that will cut the cost of driving, reduce our reliance on foreign oil, and fight global warming.
And one of the potential advantages of a merger is new technologies where Chrysler starts making fuel-efficient, clean-energy cars that will meet the needs of the future market.
Consumers are buying more efficient cars and trucks, and families are making their homes more energy-efficient.
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The time has come, once and for all, for this nation to fully embrace a clean energy future. (Applause.) Now, that means continuing our unprecedented effort to make everything from our homes and businesses to our cars and trucks more energy-efficient.
Overall, China views promotion of green sectors as sound industrial policy: it aims to be the world market leader in solar panels, wind turbines, fuel-efficient cars, and other clean energy industries.
What we need is a serious, sustained, all-of-the-above strategy for American-made energy, American-made efficiency, American innovation, American fuel-efficient trucks, American fuel-efficient cars.
These are jobs building more fuel-efficient cars and trucks to make us energy independent.
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If less than 1% of MTV's potential viewers around the world switched to three energy-efficient light bulbs, it would be equivalent to taking 100, 000 cars off the road, Roedy adds, the well-rehearsed statistics rolling off his tongue.
"Ford's decision shows that people who say you can't make cars cleaner and more fuel-efficient are wrong, " the energy policy director of the Sierra Club told the New York Times.
That's why my administration is taking steps to support a thriving clean energy industry across this country -- an industry that's making solar panels, and building wind turbines, producing cutting-edge batteries for fuel-efficient cars and trucks, and helping consumers get more control over their energy bills.
We keep investing in wind and solar, clean coal technology, farmers and scientists harnessing new biofuels to power our cars and trucks, construction workers building homes and factories that are more energy efficient -- developing a hundred years' supply of natural gas. (Applause.) We can cut our oil imports in half by 2020 and support more than 600, 000 new jobs in natural gas alone.
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