Obama predicts cars that drive from 'coast to coast without a drop of oil'

dailymail ^ | 16 March 2013

[dennisw]

Obama cast his proposal as not only a clean energy plan, but as one meant to create opportunities for economic growth.

Envisioning cars that can go 'coast to coast without using a drop of oil,' President Barack Obama on Friday urged Congress to authorize spending $2 billion over the next decade to expand research into electric cars and biofuels to wean automobiles off gasoline.

Obama, expanding on an initiative he addressed in his State of the Union speech last month, said the United States must shift its cars and trucks entirely off oil to avoid perpetual fluctuations in gas prices.

Citing policies that already require automakers to increase gas mileage, he said he expects that by the middle of the next decade, Americans will only have to fill up their cars half as often.

'We've set some achievable but ambitious goals,' Obama said, speaking at Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago.

'The only way to break this cycle of spiking gas prices – the only way to break that cycle for good – is to shift our cars entirely, our cars and trucks, off oil,' the president said.

Friday's speech, with its focus on energy, was designed to draw attention to what the White House says is one of Obama's top agenda items for his second term. That focus, however, has been overshadowed as the administration and Congress work on an immigration overhaul, gun legislation and deficit-reduction measures.

[Hardraade]

I wanna be a flintstone...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53baYQPcC4s

[SandRat]

[Focault's Pendulum]

Envisioning cars that can go 'coast to coast without using a drop of oil,' President Barack Obama on Friday urged Congress to authorize spending $2 billion over the next decad

My head just 'sploded!

[muir_redwoods]

No lubrication? I’m not talking fuel, trains in the 19th century got across the continent on coal but they needed oil for lubrication.

Obi isn’t an economist and he sure as hell isn’t an engineer.

[M Kehoe]

Dear Mr. 0bama:

All I want is that fu@kin' unicorn you promised me.

Signed...

Peggy Joseph, Dade county, FL.

5.56mm

[Jonty30]

I suppose, if you start in the right spot, it is possible to coast downhill from coast to coast.

[traditional1]

And the Dem Voterbase:

And the reality:

[SkyDancer]

I’ve always wondered how the back roller stayed on. It’s not pushing, just going along.

[llevrok]

They must have their tires properly inflated, huh ?

[Fzob]

Obama, expanding on an initiative he addressed in his State of the Union speech last month, said the United States must shift its cars and trucks entirely off oil to avoid perpetual fluctuations in gas prices.

Another fine example of rhetoric that sounds authoritative and articulate too many but makes no sense at all. Liberals are experts at this. It must be part of the pathology of liberalism.

[spokeshave]

The moron has never heard of lubricants.

I bet some of his Chicago Bath Tub friends introduced him to "lubricants"...../snicker.

[broken_arrow1]

It’ s called a horse and buggy Barack.

[Brad from Tennessee]

Obama also predicted the budget deficit would be cut in half by 2012 and all Congressional deliberations on ObamaCare would be televised.

[Past Your Eyes]

And ground up unicorn horns.

[spokeshave]

a load of poop

The Poop-Mobile will make it

[Gator113]

Oh so beautiful. Then we will be able to travel from one shovel ready job to the next, all across this country that Obama has united.

If that socialist is ever put in prison, I would pay good money to be allowed to walk past his cage at feeding time.

We need to start a ‘Prison for Politicians’ destination resort and family theme park.

[elkfersupper]

That's all fine, but I still like the thing I'm driving to go from zero to 60mph in under 5 seconds and keep going if I ask it to do so.

Lot of people like me.

[GeronL]

lol!!

Not a drop of oil, but a whole bunch of greasy food to fuel that monster

[Fresh Wind]

Not even for the bearings?

Nope. They will use unicorn poop.

[Hardraade]

Only thing he is is a pederast. They’ll be teaching that in engineering soon...