On the recordOctober 27, 2009
If you will, to go at least 30 miles on electricity, that we would reduce 70 to 80 percent of the carbon dioxide produced by personal vehicles.
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congress.govJeff Merkley: “If you will, to go at least 30 miles on electricity, that we would reduce 70 to 80 percent of the carbon dioxide…”
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Merkley references a statistic on potential emissions reduction from electric vehicles.
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