President Obama emphasized nation building in his speech last week, announcing his plans for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. We have been asking Takeaway listeners: how would you like to see the government spend all of the money once spent on wars, here at home?
Many of you would like to see improvements in energy and a shift away from foreign oil dependence. President Obama suggested requiring all cars and light trucks to run at 56.2 miles per gallon by 2025. Is this feasible?
Seth Fletcher, thinks so. He is the senior editor at Popular Science and author of, "Bottled Lightning: Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy."
Sean McAlinden, executive vice-president for research and chief economist for the Center for Automotive Research, on the other hand, believes that this goal is just too ambitious, and too high a bar to set for many car companies.
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For Nation Building I would say let's work on this young generation, for starters I would put money into improving America's pathetic school lunch program. Congress recently announced we can not afford to buy healthier food for schools. I say cheap food equals expensive health care. What happened to the saying, we are what we eat? Corporatism and profits is what. School gardens, and let's help the small farmer. Get more local sustainable practices . There are solutions to our problems.
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