Barack Obama

america is a countri that hasn't come easili __PUNCT__

in our brief histori __PUNCT__ we have been test by revolut and slaveri __PUNCT__ war and depress __PUNCT__ and great movement for social __PUNCT__ civil __PUNCT__ and equal right __PUNCT__

we have emerg from each challeng stronger __PUNCT__ more prosper __PUNCT__ and ever closer to the ideal of liberti and opportun that lai at the heart of the american_experi __PUNCT__

and yet __PUNCT__ the price of our progress ha alwai been born by the struggl and sacrific of our peopl __PUNCT__ by leader who have ask ordinari_american to do extraordinari thing __PUNCT__ and by gener of men and women who had the courag to answer that call __PUNCT__

it wa the greatest of all gener that took up thi charg in the dai after the attack on pearl_harbor __PUNCT__

almost overnight __PUNCT__ thei were ask to transform a peacetim economi that wa still climb out from the depth of depress into an arsen of democraci that could wage_war across three contin __PUNCT__

if you weren't head oversea __PUNCT__ you were head into the factori __PUNCT__ factori that had to be immedi retool and reorgan to produc the world_greatest fight machin __PUNCT__

mani doubt whether thi could be achiev in time __PUNCT__ or even at all __PUNCT__

presid franklin_roosevelt own advisor told him that hi goal for wartim product were unrealist and imposs to meet __PUNCT__

but the presid simpli wave them off __PUNCT__ sai __PUNCT__ believ me __PUNCT__ the product peopl can do it if thei realli try __PUNCT__

and so the nation turn here __PUNCT__ to detroit __PUNCT__ with the hope that the motor_citi could lead the wai in us it assembl_line to mass produc arm instead of automobil __PUNCT__

at first __PUNCT__ the industri wa skeptic about whether thi wa technolog possibl or even profit in the long_run __PUNCT__

but after repeat assur from roosevelt and some help from the feder_govern __PUNCT__ the arsen began to churn __PUNCT__

in an astonishingli short_period of time __PUNCT__ the auto_industri and it worker becam on of the nation most import contributor to the war_effort __PUNCT__ manufactur more plane __PUNCT__ tank __PUNCT__ bomb and weapon than the world had ever seen __PUNCT__

the new york_time declar that the automak had achiev a __PUNCT__ product miracl __PUNCT__ and it label detroit __PUNCT__ the miracul citi __PUNCT__

it wa a miracl that wa distinctli american __PUNCT__ the idea that in the face of imposs odd __PUNCT__ peopl who love their countri can rise to meet it greatest_challeng __PUNCT__

it the kind of american miracl we need todai __PUNCT__

at the dawn of the twenti __PUNCT__ first centuri __PUNCT__ the countri that face down the tyranni of fascism and commun is now call to challeng the tyranni of oil __PUNCT__

for the veri resourc that ha fuel our wai of life over the last hundr_year now threaten to destroi it if our gener doe not act now and act boldli __PUNCT__

we know what the danger ar here __PUNCT__

we know that our oil addict is jeopard our nation_secur __PUNCT__ that we fuel our energi need by send __MONEY___million a dai to countri that includ some of the most despot __PUNCT__ volatil regim in the world __PUNCT__

we know that oil monei fund everyth from the madrassa that plant the seed of terror in young mind to the sunni_insurg that attack our troop in iraq __PUNCT__

it corrupt bud democraci __PUNCT__ and give dictat from venezuela to iran the power to freeli defi and threaten the intern_commun __PUNCT__

it even present a target for osama_bin_laden __PUNCT__ who ha told al_qaeda to __PUNCT__ focu your oper on oil __PUNCT__ especi in iraq and the gulf area __PUNCT__ sinc thi will caus __PUNCT__ the american __PUNCT__ to die off on their own __PUNCT__

we know that our oil depend is jeopard our planet as well __PUNCT__ that the fossil_fuel we burn ar set off a chain of danger weather pattern that could condemn futur_gener to global catastroph __PUNCT__

we see the effect of global_climat chang in our commun and around the world in record drought __PUNCT__ famin __PUNCT__ and forest fire __PUNCT__

hurrican and typhoon ar grow in intens __PUNCT__ and rapidli melt ic_sheet in antarctica and greenland could rais global sea_level high enough to swallow up larg_portion of everi coastal citi and town __PUNCT__

and thi citi know better than ani what our oil addict is do to our economi __PUNCT__

we ar held hostag to the spot oil market __PUNCT__ forc to watch our fortun rise and fall with the chang price of everi barrel __PUNCT__

ga_price have risen to record level __PUNCT__ and could hit __MONEY__ a gallon in some citi thi summer __PUNCT__

here in detroit __PUNCT__ three giant of american_industri ar hemorrhag job and profit as foreign competitor answer the rise global demand for fuel __PUNCT__ effici car __PUNCT__

america simpli cannot continu on thi path __PUNCT__

the need to drastic chang our energi_polici is no longer a debat proposit __PUNCT__

it is not a question of whether __PUNCT__ but how __PUNCT__ not a question of if __PUNCT__ but when __PUNCT__

for the sake of our secur __PUNCT__ our economi __PUNCT__ our job and our planet __PUNCT__ the ag of oil must end in our time __PUNCT__

thi is a challeng that ha not been solv for a lack of talk __PUNCT__

everi singl presid sinc richard_nixon ha spoken in soar rhetor about the need to reduc america energi depend __PUNCT__ and mani have offer plan and polici to do so __PUNCT__

and yet __PUNCT__ everi year __PUNCT__ that depend keep on grow __PUNCT__

good_idea ar crush under the weight of typic washington polit __PUNCT__

politician ar afraid to ask the oil and auto_industri to do their part __PUNCT__ and those industri hire armi of lobbyist to make sure it stai that wai __PUNCT__

autowork __PUNCT__ understand fear of lose job __PUNCT__ and wise to the tendenc of have to pai the price of manag mistak __PUNCT__ join in the resist to chang __PUNCT__

the rest of us whip ourselv into a frenzi whenev ga_price skyrocket or a crisi like katrina take oil off the market __PUNCT__ but onc the headlin reced __PUNCT__ so doe our motiv to act __PUNCT__

there a reason for thi __PUNCT__

a clean __PUNCT__ secur energi futur will take anoth american miracl __PUNCT__

it will requir a histor effort on the scale of what we saw in those factori dure world_war_ii __PUNCT__

it will requir tough choic by our govern __PUNCT__ sacrific from our busi __PUNCT__ innov from our brightest mind __PUNCT__ and the sustain commit of the american_peopl __PUNCT__

it will also take leadership will to turn the page on the can't __PUNCT__ do __PUNCT__ won't __PUNCT__ do __PUNCT__ won't __PUNCT__ even try polit of the past __PUNCT__

leadership will to face down the doubter and the cynic and simpli sai __PUNCT__ believ me __PUNCT__ we can do it if we realli try __PUNCT__

i will be that kind of presid __PUNCT__ a presid who believ again in america that can __PUNCT__

a presid who believ that when it come to energi __PUNCT__ the challeng mai be great and the road mai be long __PUNCT__ but the time to act is now __PUNCT__ who know that we have the technolog __PUNCT__ we have the resourc __PUNCT__ and we ar at a rare moment of grow consensu among democrat and republican __PUNCT__ union and ceo __PUNCT__ evangel_christian and militari expert who understand that thi must be our gener next great task __PUNCT__

a comprehens energi plan will requir bold_action on mani front __PUNCT__

to fulli combat global_climat chang __PUNCT__ we need a stringent cap on all carbon_emiss and the creation of a global_market that would make the develop of low __PUNCT__ carbon technolog profit and creat thousand of new job __PUNCT__

we also need to find a wai to us coal __PUNCT__ america most abund fossil_fuel __PUNCT__ without ad harm greenhous_gase to the environ __PUNCT__

i have alreadi endors a cap __PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__ trade_system that would achiev real near __PUNCT__ term reduct in greenhous_ga_emiss and return america to a posit of leadership so that we can secur an effect and equit global solut to thi crisi __PUNCT__

it would invest substanti revenu gener by auction off emiss credit into the develop of carbon_sequestr __PUNCT__ advanc biofuel __PUNCT__ and energi_effici __PUNCT__

we also need new idea on energi effici and the abil to har renew_sourc of energi __PUNCT__ becaus there is absolut no reason we shouldn't be abl to get at least __NUM__ __PUNCT__ of our energi from clean and renew sourc by __NUM__ __PUNCT__

i will be lai out more detail propos on each of these area in the month to come __PUNCT__

but here in detroit __PUNCT__ i want to focu on a few propos that would drastic reduc our oil depend and our carbon_emiss by focus on two of their major caus __PUNCT__ the car we drive and the fuel we us __PUNCT__

by __NUM__ these propos would save us __NUM___million million_barrel of oil per dai __PUNCT__ the equival of end all oil import from the middl_east and remov __NUM___million car __PUNCT__ worth of pollut off the road __PUNCT__

it start with our car __PUNCT__ becaus if we truli hope to end the tyranni of oil __PUNCT__ the nation must onc again turn to detroit for anoth great transform __PUNCT__

i know these ar difficult_time for automak __PUNCT__ and i know that not all of the industri problem ar of it own make __PUNCT__

but we have to be honest about how we arriv at thi point __PUNCT__

for year __PUNCT__ while foreign competitor were invest in more fuel __PUNCT__ effici technolog for their vehicl __PUNCT__ american automak were spend their time invest in bigger __PUNCT__ faster car __PUNCT__

and whenev an attempt wa made to rais our fuel_effici standard __PUNCT__ the auto_compani would lobbi furious against it __PUNCT__ spend_million to prevent the veri reform that could save their industri __PUNCT__

even as thei shed thousand of job and billion in profit over the last few year __PUNCT__ thei continu to reward failur with lucr bonus for ceo __PUNCT__

the consequ of these choic ar now clear __PUNCT__

while our fuel standard haven't move from __NUM___mile per gallon in two decad __PUNCT__ both china and japan have surpass us __PUNCT__ with japanes car now get an averag of __NUM__ mile to the gallon __PUNCT__

and as the global demand for fuel __PUNCT__ effici and hybrid car have skyrocket __PUNCT__ it foreign competitor who ar fill the order __PUNCT__

just the other week __PUNCT__ we learn that for the first time sinc __NUM__ toyota ha surpass gener_motor as the world best __PUNCT__ sell automak __PUNCT__

at the dawn of the internet ag __PUNCT__ it wa famous said that there ar two kind of busi __PUNCT__ those that us email and those that will __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ there ar two kind of car_compani __PUNCT__ those that mass produc fuel __PUNCT__ effici car and those that will __PUNCT__

the american auto_industri can no longer afford to be on of those that will __PUNCT__

what more __PUNCT__ america can't afford it __PUNCT__

when the auto industri account for on in ten american_job __PUNCT__ we all have a stake in save those job __PUNCT__

when our economi __PUNCT__ our secur __PUNCT__ and the safeti of our planet depend on our abil to make cleaner __PUNCT__ more fuel __PUNCT__ effici car __PUNCT__ everi american ha a respons to make sure that happen __PUNCT__

automak still refus to make the transit to fuel __PUNCT__ effici product becaus thei sai it too expens at a time when thei lose profit and struggl under the weight of massiv health_care_cost __PUNCT__

thi time __PUNCT__ thei actual right __PUNCT__

the auto_industri refus to act for so long ha left it mire in a predica for which there is no easi wai out __PUNCT__

but expens is no longer an excus for inact __PUNCT__

the auto industri is on a path that is unaccept and unsustain __PUNCT__ for their busi __PUNCT__ for their worker __PUNCT__ and for america __PUNCT__

and america must take action to make it right __PUNCT__

that why my first propos will requir automak to meet higher fuel standard and produc more fuel __PUNCT__ effici car while provid them the flexibl and assist to do it __PUNCT__

thi is a propos that alreadi brought togeth republican and democrat __PUNCT__ those who long __PUNCT__ advoc increas in our fuel standard __PUNCT__ and those who have oppos those increas for year __PUNCT__

it enjoi the support of corpor_leader like fred smith of feder express who understand that our economi is at risk if we fail to act and militari_leader like gener p.x __PUNCT__ kellei who know all to well the human_cost of our nation addict to oil __PUNCT__

it a propos that answer the concern that mani have previous had with rais fuel standard __PUNCT__ that it too expens __PUNCT__ or unsaf __PUNCT__ or not achiev __PUNCT__

and it an approach that ask our govern __PUNCT__ our busi __PUNCT__ and our peopl to invest in a secur energi futur __PUNCT__ that recogn we can make great car and protect_american american_job if we transform the auto_industri so that our autowork can compet with world onc more __PUNCT__

it begin by gradual rais our fuel_economi standard by four percent __PUNCT__ approxim on mile per gallon __PUNCT__ each year __PUNCT__

the nation_academi of scienc ha alreadi determin that we can begin to achiev thi rate of improv todai __PUNCT__ us exist technolog and without chang a vehicl weight or perform __PUNCT__

and so the onli wai that automak can avoid meet thi goal is if the nation highwai traffic and safeti administr can prove that the increas is not safe __PUNCT__ not cost __PUNCT__ effect __PUNCT__ or not technolog possibl __PUNCT__

thi propos provid addit flexibl to manufactur as well __PUNCT__

current __PUNCT__ domest automak ar disadvantag by the requir that their fleet have to meet the same overal fuel standard as foreign manufactur even though u. __PUNCT__ compani sell a much broader arrai of vehicl __PUNCT__

my approach would establish differ fuel standard for differ type of car __PUNCT__

thi reform will level the plai_field by requir all car maker to achiev a similar rate of progress regardless of their vehicl mix __PUNCT__

it will also allow manufactur to get credit if thei increas the fuel __PUNCT__ effici in on particular car beyond what the fuel_economi standard requir __PUNCT__

we also know that __PUNCT__ absent some assist __PUNCT__ the signific cost associ with retool part and assembl_plant could be prohibit for compani that ar alreadi struggl and shed worker __PUNCT__

our goal is not to destroi the industri __PUNCT__ but to help bring it into the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__

so if the auto_industri is prepar to step up to it respons __PUNCT__ we should be prepar to help __PUNCT__

that why my propos would provid gener tax_incent to help automak upgrad their exist plant in order to accommod the demand of produc more fuel __PUNCT__ effici vehicl __PUNCT__

thi approach would also strike a bargain with the auto_industri on on of the biggest cost thei face __PUNCT__

we heard for year that the spiral cost of health_care for retir autowork constrain manufactur from invest in more fuel __PUNCT__ effici technolog __PUNCT__

we all know the statist __PUNCT__ health_care_cost current account for __MONEY__ of everi gm car __PUNCT__

so here the deal __PUNCT__

we help to partial defrai those health_care_cost __PUNCT__ but onli if the manufactur ar will to invest the save right back into the product of more fuel __PUNCT__ effici car and truck __PUNCT__

final __PUNCT__ we should make it easier for the american_peopl to bui more fuel __PUNCT__ effici car by provid more tax_credit to more consum for the purchas of hybrid and ultra __PUNCT__ effici vehicl __PUNCT__

but we should also realiz that the more choic we have as consum __PUNCT__ the more respons we have to bui these car __PUNCT__ to realiz that a few hundr extra dollar for a hybrid is the price we pai as citizen commit to a caus bigger than ourselv __PUNCT__

for too long __PUNCT__ we been either too afraid to ask our automak to meet higher fuel standard or unwil to help them do it __PUNCT__

but the truth is __PUNCT__ if we hope for anoth miracl out of detroit __PUNCT__ we have to do both __PUNCT__

we must demand that thei revamp their product __PUNCT__ we must assist that transit __PUNCT__ and we must make the choic to bui these car when we have the option __PUNCT__

all of us have a respons here __PUNCT__ and all of us ar requir to act __PUNCT__

now it not enough to onli build car that us less oil __PUNCT__ we also have to start move awai from that dirti __PUNCT__ dwindl fossil_fuel altogeth __PUNCT__

that why my second propos will creat a market for clean __PUNCT__ burn __PUNCT__ home __PUNCT__ grown biofuel like ethanol that can replac the oil we us and begin to slow the damag caus by global_climat chang __PUNCT__

the potenti for biofuel in thi countri is vast __PUNCT__

farmer who grow them know that __PUNCT__

entrepreneur and fuel station owner who want to sell them know that __PUNCT__

scientist and environmentalist who studi the atmospher know it too __PUNCT__

it time we produc __PUNCT__ sold __PUNCT__ and us biofuel all across america __PUNCT__ it time we made them as commonli avail as gasolin is now __PUNCT__

i alreadi done some of thi work in the u. __PUNCT__ senat by help to provid tax_credit to those who want to sell a mix of ethanol and gasolin known as e85 at their fuel station __PUNCT__

and sinc it onli cost___MONEY__ per vehicl to instal a flexibl __PUNCT__ fuel tank that can run on biofuel __PUNCT__ i also propos that we help pai for thi transit __PUNCT__

govern should lead the wai here __PUNCT__

i show up at thi event in a govern vehicl that doe not have a flexibl __PUNCT__ fuel tank __PUNCT__

when i presid __PUNCT__ i will make sure that everi vehicl purchas by the feder_govern doe __PUNCT__

of cours __PUNCT__ to truli overcom the lack of a biofuel infrastructur in thi countri __PUNCT__ we need to creat a market for the product of more biofuel __PUNCT__

like the auto_industri __PUNCT__ the oil_industri ha gener been resist to make the transit from petroleum to biofuel __PUNCT__ with some even try to block the instal of e85 pump at fuel station __PUNCT__

to overcom thi resist and creat thi infrastructur __PUNCT__ i introduc a propos known as a nation low __PUNCT__ carbon fuel standard __PUNCT__ base on the on introduc by governor arnold_schwarzenegg in california just a few month_ago __PUNCT__

like rais our fuel __PUNCT__ effici standard __PUNCT__ thi approach simultan reduc our depend on oil and reduc greenhous_ga_emiss __PUNCT__

the idea behind the standard is simpl __PUNCT__

begin in __NUM__ we will requir petroleum maker to reduc the carbon content of their fuel mix on percent per year by sell more clean __PUNCT__ altern fuel in it place __PUNCT__

thi propos will spur greater product and avail of renew fuel like cellulos ethanol and biodiesel __PUNCT__ and it will even creat an incent for the product of more flexibl __PUNCT__ fuel and plug __PUNCT__ in hybrid vehicl that can us these clean fuel or charg up with renew electr __PUNCT__

thi approach will also allow the market __PUNCT__ not the govern __PUNCT__ to determin which fuel ar us by fuel distributor to meet the standard __PUNCT__

it gradual __PUNCT__ so it give these compani time to meet the requir __PUNCT__

and if you a fuel produc that have troubl meet the standard __PUNCT__ it allow you to pai for a credit from a compani that is __PUNCT__

the low __PUNCT__ carbon fuel standard also provid a greater incent for privat_sector invest in the cleanest biofuel possibl __PUNCT__

corn __PUNCT__ base ethanol ha led the wai here __PUNCT__ and now we need to expand the univers of biofuel to includ cellulos ethanol made from switchgrass or forest wast that can reduc our carbon_footprint even further __PUNCT__

in the end __PUNCT__ the two major propos i outlin todai __PUNCT__ higher fuel __PUNCT__ effici standard and a nation low __PUNCT__ carbon fuel standard __PUNCT__ will not end our oil depend entir __PUNCT__

but the transform of the car we drive and the fuel we us would be the most ambiti energi project in decad __PUNCT__ with result that would last for gener to come __PUNCT__ __NUM___million fewer barrel of oil per dai __PUNCT__ __NUM__ million car __PUNCT__ worth of pollut off the road by __NUM__ __PUNCT__

the direct consum save at the pump in that year would be over __MONEY___billion __PUNCT__ not to mention the great econom_benefit of a rejuven and fierc competit domest auto_industri __PUNCT__

some will sai that the goal ar too larg __PUNCT__ that the ask is too great __PUNCT__ and that the polit_realiti is too difficult for thi to work __PUNCT__

to that i sai that we heard it all befor __PUNCT__ and we still believ we can do it if we realli try __PUNCT__

becaus that who we ar as american __PUNCT__

becaus that who we alwai been __PUNCT__

in the dai and month after __DATE__ __PUNCT__ american were wait to be call to someth larger than themselv __PUNCT__

just like their parent and grandpar of the greatest_gener __PUNCT__ so mani of us were will to serv and defend our countri __PUNCT__ not onli on the field of war __PUNCT__ but on the homefront too __PUNCT__

thi is our gener chanc to answer that call __PUNCT__

meet the challeng pose by our oil depend won't requir us to build the massiv war_machin that franklin_roosevelt call for so mani year_ago __PUNCT__ but it will requir the same sens of share sacrific and respons from all of us __PUNCT__ not just the auto_industri and it worker here in detroit __PUNCT__ but oil_compani in texa __PUNCT__ power_plant from new jersei to california __PUNCT__ legisl in washington __PUNCT__ and consum in everi american_citi and town __PUNCT__

it time for all of us to head_back into the factori and univers __PUNCT__ to the boardroom and the hall of congress so we can roll up our sleev and find a wai to get thi done __PUNCT__

i am readi and will to lead us there as your next presid __PUNCT__ and i hope you ar will to join me in the journei toward that next great_american miracl __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__