Two items:

1) S. David Freeman is the former head of the Tennessee Valley
Authority, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Sacramento
Municipal Utility District (SMUD) -- and one of the most memorable
interviewees in "Who Killed the Electric Car." He's long been a
hydrogen proponent (see http://www.h2carco.com) but in an excellent
interview with the SF Bay Guardian he can't endorse PHEVs enough:

"That kind of car -- which they know how to make -- with the plug-in
feature, with just a few more batteries in it, can run at least 60
miles all electric...I'm writing this book [about energy], and this is
our most available big option for displacing oil, far bigger than
ethanol."

"I don't think you can say too much about the impact on our national
security. Plug-in hybrids would probably make as much difference as
any weapons we can come up with."

"One is a huge thing. If a million people signed up to say they're not
gonna buy a car until they can get a plug-in hybrid, it would happen.
It would pass more quickly than any law."

See full interview at http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=1008

2) The Seattle Post-Intelligencer ran a detailed and well-sourced
guest editorial on making Washington the leader in "clean energy
independence." Great suggestions all, and PHEV adoption is one of five
major components. The editorial calls for, among other things, a State
Plug-In Hybrid Task Force:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/276049_focus02.html

With Washington and Minnesota
(http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/436.html) increasingly vocal on
the issue of PHEVs, perhaps "California Cars Initiative" needs some
reconsideration. WashCars or MinCars, anyone?

-John



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John Davi
Communications Director
jdavi@minca-- no, still calcars.org