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PLYMOUTH, Mich. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Wednesday that America's current energy policy needs revamping with more focus placed on alternative forms of energy.'We need to increase our technology of hybrid cars,' McCain told reporters after a campaign stop at a restaurant in the Detroit suburb of Plymouth. 'We need to increase our use of ethanol and all kinds of alternative fuels, and we need to go back to nuclear power.'McCain's comments came a day after the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved a plan that would raise the nationwide fleet fuel economy average by about 40 percent from current levels of 25 miles per gallon for cars and trucks.McCain was asked about the committee's action, but said he was not aware of it.On Monday, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama also made a stop in Michigan, using a speech to the Detroit Economic Club to chastise U.S. auto industry leaders for being slow to react to hybrid cars and alternative fuel technology.Obama proposed a plan that would give health care assistance to domestic automakers in return for development of fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles.McCain was making his second campaign stop in Michigan in less than a month.The Arizona senator wrapped up a two-day swing through the state on April 13. On that trip he spoke at a Kalamazoo County Republican Party fundraiser after campaigning in Oakland County's West Bloomfield Township and in the southwestern Michigan community of Holland.Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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