TAP talks to energy security advocate Gal Luft about the economics of alternative fuels and why natural gas isn't the solution to our energy problems.
Rachel SternJul 31, 2008
This article has been corrected.
Drive smaller cars. Drill more. Many such solutions have been proposed to wean the United States off of our dependence on foreign oil, but -- at least according to Dr. Gal Luft, the executive director of The Institute for the Analysis of Global Security -- flex-fuel vehicles are the only plan of action that will yield lasting results. According to Luft, the U.S. government needs to mandate the manufacture of cars that will run on not only a combination of gas and ethanol but also other alternative fuels such as methanol and butanol.
