"We're looking to get off fossil fuel generation, whatever it might be, and we need to bring these newer technologies in.

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A secondary benefit is getting gas-guzzling old clunkers off the road and replaced with more fuel-efficient band new models.

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"The trouble is that we take 1p off fuel one day and the next day the oil companies add it to the price, we need to come up with a new way of pricing fuel, " one MP later told me.

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The potential for change is clearly massive but weaning British motorists off liquid fuel will be an uphill task, as the authors acknowledge.

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That could also allow commercial satellite companies to extend the life of hardware that's now written off when fuel for maneuvering thrusters runs out.

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