MN legislation would encourage combining flex-fuel, hybrid, plug-in technologies

The proliferation of plug in hybrid flex-fuel vehicles with engines optomized for ethanol would go a long way toward making the U.S. energy self sufficient. -- Jeffrey Goettemoeller
AlterNet: Driving Toward Energy Independence: "A bill that begins to put in place a plug-in, flexible-fuel strategy is on the floor of the Minnesota State Senate and is wending its way through the Minnesota House. In five committees there has not been a single negative vote in either the Republican-controlled House or the Democrat-controlled Senate. We hope such unanimity sends American car companies a message. "