December 11, 2012

Can Flex-Fuel Cars Put the U.S. on Road to Low Oil Prices?

Guardian, Guardian


Guardian

Eyal Aronoff identifies himself on his business card as an "oil addiction therapist". He's got an unconventional detox method, claiming he can get Americans off oil by making it cheaper to fill up their cars.

The software entrepreneur is a co-founder of the Fuel Freedom Foundation, a new organisation trying to make the case for cutting America's oil consumption – both foreign and domestic.

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