Daniel Becker Quotations

This new standard is like telling a two-pack-a-day smoker to cut out one cigarette a day.

Even corporate executives who have been hostile to the environment are waking up to the realities. The challenge is what do they do about it. And there is still a huge gap between recognizing the problem and doing something about it.

By failing to require Detroit to make significantly cleaner, more efficient vehicles to compete with Toyota, the Bush administration is giving the Big Three enough rope to hang themselves.

What the president is proposing will only save two weeks of oil over a four year period of time, not very impressive.

This increase shortchanges American consumers and national security because automakers already have the technology to raise fuel economy much more significantly.

Hydrogen fuel cells will play a key role in a clean energy future, but the president's plan won't get us there,

We look forward to the day 20 years from now when hydrogen-powered cars are widely available. But we can't afford to sit back and wait for that day. We need to do something to address the problem immediately.

The president is claiming that he needs Congressional authority to set higher fuel economy standards for passenger cars. In reality, like Dorothy in Oz, he has had this authority all along but refused to use it. When given the chance, this administration has time and time again failed to make meaningful improvements in fuel economy.

It's a long-term hope, but in the meantime we want to use the technology available today to make clean hybrids.

Bill Ford understands that to survive, Ford will need to make many more fuel-efficient vehicles,