A newly come Department of Energy ...

A newly come Department of Energy decision means that cities and counties will not have to start perusing local auto dealerships for alternative firing material vehicles (AFVs). DOE decided to obstruction an all-important Dec. 15, 1996 deadline pass without requiring local controls to buy AFVs. That does not mean, however, that AFVs are yesterday's recently made knowns

DOE will have another chance to impose a mandate within the nearest few years. Moreover, an AFV tax incentives bill will likely be introduced early in the nearest Congress. That bill could learn a boost from the Clinton Administration, particularly Vice President Al Gore, who has been active in succession automobile efficiency issues.

Of course, near local governments are already driving that road, flat if in low gear. Mary Sigmon, the Clean Cities Coordinator in Chicago, says there are about 2000 AFVs, which injure by fire [i]or[/i] heat ethanol or compressed natural gas (CNG) in the six counties that are