4 people
1 hybrid SUV
1 ethanol-powered sedan
2000 miles
One great road trip.
This week, four representatives of the Natural Resources Defense Council, the nation's most effective environmental group, will be criss-crossing nine states highlighting solutions to America's oil dependence.
Starting Sunday, the "Drive Beyond Oil Tour" will cruise across nine states in six days in a Ford Escape Hybrid SUV, the first production hybrid SUV, and a 2006 Chevrolet Impala that can run on ethanol fuels as well as gasoline.
The crew will meet with local citizens, mayors, farmers, clean energy advocates and others to talk about better technology in our vehicles, clean renewable energy sources like fuels made from home-grown crops and wind and solar energy. Together, these alternatives will create new jobs, reduce global warming pollution, and end our dependence on oil from the Middle East and other politically volatile regions of the world.
Check out the map to see if we'll be coming through your neck of the woods and shoot us some comments on our posts to get the discussion going on how we can finally move America beyond oil.
See you on the open road!
