McCain offers $300 million for new auto battery
Date: Monday, June 23, 2008 @ 23:03:42 UTC
Topic: General
From Forbes.com by GLEN JOHNSON / Associated Press: FRESNO, Calif. - John McCain is hoping to solve the country's energy crisis with cold hard cash. The presumed Republican nominee on Monday proposed a $300 million government prize to whoever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses existing technology. The bounty would equate to $1 for every man, woman and child in the country, "a small price to pay for helping to break the back of our oil dependency," McCain said at Fresno State University...
Full article: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/06/23/ap5144412.html
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