Did you say triple?

Triple the mileage? How in the HELL is this not a front page story? That is fantastic, and before my all terrain tires that I have my eyes on (as a replacement for the factory wheels) are purchased, this will probably be my next truck upgrade.

I have no explanation as to why the GOP isn't trotting out innovations such as this as a common sense approach to fuel prices. They don't have to "validate" the green movement - at $4.21 a gallon, they can just say "hey, gas is higher then hell, here's triple the mileage." Without question the candidate seen as "getting" the gas crunch and offering common sense remedies will gain the decisive edge this election cycle. I KNOW why the "green" movement isn't going to give this a second look - they are opposed to fossil fuels, period. They want an entirely new energy source that smells like fresh cut yard grass and is made from Panda Bear excrement. This invention utilizes and makes more efficient fossil fuels, which are to be regarded as enemy number one. And I'm telling you, Obama (and by default the entire American left & Democrat Party) have only two plans regarding energy. They want the US to consume less, a literal impression of Carter's "wear a sweater and turn down the thermostat" days. And they want to tax American oil companies (as if taxing them will put one gallon of cheaper gas in my truck, if anything fuel prices will escalate), with the assumption that those "windfall profits" (which aren't windfall margins at all compared to Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Nike etc) will be then used by the government to "invest" in alternative fuels. In my opinion Obama is committing political harassy regarding energy. You do not win a national election telling Americans they have to do with less, it just doesn't sell (especially when coupled with a promise to raise taxes). What we need, and what will win, is a common sense roll out of a comprehensive plan saying we will build X number of refineries, put X umber of nuclear plants online, drill in X number of new spots and award X number of federal dollars to the likes of this gentlemen Titus described, AND we will do it by 2014 (or pick any number under 8 years). And then say "there Obama, top that." And drive home the point that if it takes 5 or 8 years for it to come into fruition that this is an acceptable time frame and certainly beats doing nothing at all, or continuing to go hat in hand to the likes of OPEC. Hell, JFK said lets put a man on the moon in ten years, not next month. People attend university for 4 to 8 years with the financial benefit gained only years after such time. Business, success, the American people "get" that it takes time to build such things, they just want a credible plan from a credible source to initiate it. I applaud the 300 mil for a battery, but Mac is thinking too small. This is a golden opportunity to take the initiative and show who the adult is in the room, but he has to think BIG, and grab this bull by the nuts. He'll leave Obama handcuffed by the fringe environmentalists he's placated thus far, stumbling and twisting in the political wind, if he will just roll out the Bund Energy Initiative. Then the phrase "I BACK MAC" (copyright F.Ryan & co) will gain some momentum ... he will have given the people something to "back."