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Article: Panelists: U.S. entering green-technology race.(News)
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- Automotive News
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- January 28, 2008
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Byline: Leslie J. Allen
The United States is on the verge of a green technology race that will rival the space race of the 1950s and 1960s, a panel of experts said. But if the nation fails to act quickly, it risks losing a leadership role.
Fuel-economy legislation is sparking the race, Dean Harlow, president of engineering firm Ricardo Inc., said last week at the Automotive News World Congress.
"Just as Kennedy pushed NASA to the moon in a decade, Washington has now thrown down the gauntlet for the auto industry,'' said Harlow. He was a member of a panel discussing the risks and opportunities of "green technologies.''
"We're in a race for eco-innovation,'' he ...