Ending Our Oil Addiction:

>>thought i would post this e-mail that i got. i have no idea how it got to me. maybe through apollo alliance? dunno. biggert is not my rep. for those of you outside il, she is a garden variety thug. <<


You are Invited to Attend an Official Public Hearing of the

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science

Subcommittee on Energy

U.S. Representative Judy Biggert

Chairman

Ending Our Oil Addiction:

Are Advanced Vehicles and Fuels the Answer?

Monday, June 5th, 2006

10 AM-12 Noon

Naperville Municipal Center

400 South Eagle Street

Naperville, IL 60540

Come hear the following experts testify about the challenges to widespread use of advanced flex fuel, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles and alternative transportation fuels like ethanol, electricity, and hydrogen, as well as the research and other incentives that can help overcome these challenges:

· Dr. Daniel Gibbs is President of the General Biomass Company in Evanston, IL. His research interests are in enzymes that digest cellulose, paper waste utilization and cellulosic ethanol production.

· Mr. Philip G. Gott is Director for Automotive Custom Solutions at Global Insight, a major economic and financial forecasting firm.

· Mr. Deron Lovaas is the Vehicles Campaign Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

· Mr. Jerome Hinkle is the Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs for the National Hydrogen Association.

· Dr. James F. Miller is Manager of the Electrochemical Technology Program at Argonne National Laboratory. He is an authority on energy storage and energy conversion technologies, with a particular expertise in fuel cells and batteries.

· Mr. Alan Weverstad is the Executive Director for Mobile Emissions and Fuel Efficiency at the General Motors Public Policy Center.

Flex Fuel, Hybrid, and Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles will be on Display.

Come talk to Experts from GM, Argonne National Laboratory, and the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) about these exciting new technologies.

Incarceration or execution.

that's the answer.

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