Honda has had a reputation as the best engine maker in the world. But Toyota has now one-upped everyone with its hybrid engines. As a result, Honda has been working overtime to recapture its innovative lead. The company has secretly been working on a gas engine that gets 65 miles per gallon of gasoline. It’s a regular car with an HCCI engine. That translates into “Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition” but what it means is that it allows a gas engine car to run as efficiently as a diesel engine. These cars won’t be out next year, but it will be in the next five years. Companies have the ability to cut fuel consumption in half. Many just haven’t tried. So, there are good things happening, including in the United States. But we need to continue on this path and continue separating ourselves from foreign oil sources. If you read the quotes of the Iranian president in recent weeks, you’ll realize how important it is that we assert our independence in the oil world.