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Sen. John McCain: 'We Need to Go Back to Nuclear Power' NewsMax.com Wires PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Wednesday that America's current energy policy needs revamping with more focus placed on alternative forms of energy. "We need to increase our technology of hybrid cars," McCain told reporters after a campaign stop at a restaurant in the Detroit suburb of Plymouth. "We need to increase our use of ethanol and all kinds of alternative fuels, and we need to go back to nuclear power." McCain's comments camea day after the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved a plan that would raise the nationwide fleet fuel economy to an average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020 from current levels of an average 25 mpg for cars and trucks. McCain, a member and former chairman of the commerce committee, was asked about the committee's action, but said he was not aware of it. The Arizona senator has been away from Washington campaigning this week. On Monday, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama also made a stop in Michigan, using a speech to the DetroitEconomic Club to chastise U.S. auto industry leaders for being slow to react to hybrid cars and alternative fuel technology. Obama, an Illinois senator, proposed a plan that would give health care assistance to domestic automakers in return for development of fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles. Separately, Tom Ridge, the first Homeland Security chief and a former Pennsylvania governor, told reporters in Pennsylvania that he will be national co-chairman of McCain's campaign. Story Continues Below
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