http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/17/the-hottest-energy-policy-article/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:05:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/17/the-hottest-energy-policy-article/#comment-4740 Lou Grinzo Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:09:37 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/17/the-hottest-energy-policy-article/#comment-4740 Bingo! PHEV's are "the" short term answer. This is why I keep saying that the US federal government should be funneling much more R&D money into batteries than they are. Better/cheaper battery technology, whether the technology is lithium-ion, ultracapacitors, or whatever, will have a much greater impact on our energy and environmental situation in the next 10 to 20 years than anything else. Bingo! PHEV’s are “the” short term answer. This is why I keep saying that the US federal government should be funneling much more R&D money into batteries than they are. Better/cheaper battery technology, whether the technology is lithium-ion, ultracapacitors, or whatever, will have a much greater impact on our energy and environmental situation in the next 10 to 20 years than anything else.

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