Now, there are two ways to interpret this “reform” of hers. We could say she is legitimately concerned about our dependence on foreign oil, or she’s making a political stab at George Bush. There is a small chance that she wants people to see that she has a date that we can look ahead to and marvel at and then realizes that not much has happened since GW announced his concern. And, do remember that she is one of the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination.

Nevertheless, she thinks that tax credits, private investment, and new research will push our country into a heavenly bliss when it comes to being dependent on foreign oil. She hopes that these incentives will help auto makers to bring more fuel efficient cars to the U.S. and help scientist make ethanol more useful.

The “new research” that she wants to occur would be in ethanol. Ethanol defiantly has a future in the U.S., but it’s taking a long time to become popular. Clinton wants ethanol gasoline or E85 to be in at least 50% of America’s gas stations by 2015. While this is a good goal, E85 currently is only at 1% of all America’s gas stations. If E85 was at 50% of all gestations in a few years, I can almost see this goal being met.