Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago is the first science and engineering research national laboratory in the United States, receiving this designation on July 1, 1946. It is the largest national laboratory by size and scope in the Midwest. A multipurpose laboratory led since 2009 by director Eric Isaacs, Argonne maintains a broad portfolio in basic science research, energy storage and renewable energy, environmental sustainability, and national security. It is managed for the United States Department of Energy by UChicago Argonne, LLC, which is composed of the University of Chicago and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Argonne is a part of the expanding Illinois Technology and Research Corridor. - Source: Wikipedia
President Obama stopped by Argonne National Laboratory in his Chicago hometown on Friday to demand Americans hand over another $2 billion in subsidies for electric cars. Liberals love trading in sensible sedans for these trendy "green" golf carts.
President Obama is asking that Congress budget $2 billion for alternative energy research over the next ten years, with an emphasis on clean car technology.
On a day when a jump in gas prices helped end the stock market's two-week winning streak, President Obama said the U.S. must wean its cars and trucks entirely away from gasoline by the middle of the next decade.
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