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The U.S. desperately wants to wean itself from imported oil, yet every alternative is attacked as unworkable, too expensive, or an outright scam.
Hear Ward's AutoWorld Editor Drew Winter's latest take on the auto industry in his weekly report on Detroit's WJR radio:
