[ST] HD gets Dept of Energy Grant

[George K <gkeslin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >From the local newspaper....
>
>DOE Awards Research Grants to Harley Davidson in Support of President
>Bush's Foreign Fuel Independence Initiative
>WASHINGTON, DC - Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham today announced
>that the department has selected over $75 million in research projects
>to support the President's Foreign Fuel Independence Initiative.
>
>In last year's State of the Union address, President Bush communicated
>his vision that, "the United States will one day not need to import one
>drop of foreign oil". The research projects announced today address
>major technical and economic hurdles in fuel independence and production
>technologies that must be overcome to make the President's vision a
>reality.
>
>The Harley Davidson Company of Milwaukee has been notified that it is
>the recipient of a US Department of Energy ( DOE ) grant. The DOE has
>issued the grant to HD in an effort to give US consumers some relief
>from the highest oil prices ever.
>DOE has concluded that since HD has such experience in converting gas to
>noise, having them reverse engineer their motorcycles so that they would
>convert noise back to gas. This work will put the US is a very favorable
>position. Possibly allowing the US to export excess gas back to the
>middle east.
>Harley Davidson had no comment on the grant at press time.


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