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Comparing McCain, Obama energy plans
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_Invest in advance vehicle technology; put 1 million plug-in hybrid cars on road by 2015.
_$7,000 tax credit for purchase of advance-technology vehicles.
McCain:
_Current fuel economy standard adequate.
_Supports plug-in hybrid; proposes $300 million prize for improved batteries for hybrid vehicles.
_$5,000 tax credit for purchase of zero carbon emission cars.
ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
_Both candidates oppose opening the Alaska refuge to oil drilling.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS
Obama:
_Proposes $150 billion, 10-year clean energy development fund for biofuels, wind, solar, plug-in hybrids and clean-coal technology, and electric cars.
_Invest $1 billion a year to convert old manufacturing centers to "clean technology centers" and new job training programs for clean energy technologies.
