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Jay Inslee: We know this can be done because in the 1970s and early 1980s we increased our gas mileage by 60 percent in 8 years. If…

On the recordJanuary 17, 2007
We know this can be done because in the 1970s and early 1980s we increased our gas mileage by 60 percent in 8 years. If we had simply continued on that path with the same rate of improvement, we would be free of Saudi Arabian oil today. We need to get back on that path of energy efficiency. We can do that. We can start tomorrow. It will be a good day for energy revolution tomorrow. I am looking forward to it.
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Jay Inslee
Democratic · Washington

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Discussing the need for energy efficiency and independence from foreign oil.

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