ch: Our Values in Action

Ideas: Plug-In Hybrids

Here in Minnesota, two DFLers pushed legislation (H.F. 3718) that will help reduce our dependence on foreign oil by promoting hybrids. The gist:

The law instructs the state to buy plug-in hybrids on a preferred basis when they become available. It also encourages Minnesota State University-Mankato to develop flex-fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles, and creates a task force consisting of business, government and utility representatives to develop a strategy for using, and producing such vehicles in Minnesota.

The legislation was approved by both DFLers AND Republicans. For more, visit The Institute for Local Self-Reliance, which helped push the initiative.

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