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MIKE HUCKABEE: Huckabee loves to announce that America can achieve energy independence by his second term in office, and has said that handing Congress his energy plan is the first thing he would do as president.

Huckabee has offered few specifics, but says roughly that he wants the country to pursue nuclear, wind, solar, hydrogen, clean-coal, biodiesel and biomass energy, as well as drilling in ANWR until the country can wean itself off oil.

"Some will come from our farms and some will come from our laboratories," Huckabee says in a statement on his Web site.

Huckabee wants to remove "red tape" that slows innovation, and wants the federal government to support research and development, with funds matched by the private sector.

"Our free market will sort out what makes the most sense economically and will reward consumer preferences," he says.

In October, Huckabee surprised a lot of people by coming out definitively in favor of a mandatory carbon cap-and-trade program to address climate change.

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Car:

• 2007 Chevy Tahoe flex-fuel truck - 16 mpg
• 1995 Chevy Silverado truck - 12 mpg

League of Conservation Voters score: No voting record. Scores limited to members of Congress.