Obama continues push for technologies to wean vehicles off oil

White House officials said the president’s proposal would not require drilling on federal lands or water where it is now prohibited. Instead they are counting on increased production from existing sites, along with efficiencies from an administration plan to streamline drilling permits. The government collects more than US$6 billion a year in royalties from production on federal lands and waters.

Argonne is one of the Energy Department’s largest national laboratories for scientific and engineering research, staffed by more than 1,250 scientists and engineers. White House officials said it was chosen as the site of the president’s speech because of its tradition of research into vehicle technologies.

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