While President Bush's budget slashes funding for renewable energy research, the rest of the world surges forward. Japanese auto makers are producing hybrid engines that get 70 mpg. BMW has been demonstrating a powerful luxury car that runs on hydrogen fuel cells. Volkswagen will market a car capable of 234 mpg. Spain is constructing a 100 megawatt solar thermal collecting station.
Wind is the world's fastest-growing source of energy.
The nation of Iceland is on a time table to move completely off fossil fuels. Even its fishing fleet will run on hydrogen fuel cells. Many people have leveled criticism at the Clinton Administration for defaulting on energy. But our Republican leaders in Congress over the past eight years cannot escape blame. Some forward-looking Republicans, such as Representatives Nancy Johnson and Sherwood Boehlert, envision a better future and are attempting to secure it for America.