Barack Obama wants to see CAFE standards achieving 60 miles per gallon within twenty years of implementation.

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That IS change, we (at least the U.S.) should have done this 20 years ago ...

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roadriderob

Thats not change, thats "the same old same old." Is the same old school fool thinking that all good originates with the government. That the sun rises and sets because the government tells it to.

Reply to
David Kelly

Perhaps not, but without some government regulation, our cities would be full of smog from ozone emissions and toxic particulates; our rivers and streams full of carcinogens, mercury, raw sewage and toxic waste; pesticide poisoning, like DDT, would kill off whole species, like the bald eagle; manufacturers would be free to sell products that cause the death of infants and children; cars would not have seatbelts and crashes would result in human remains splattered on the roads; pharmaceutical companies would sell drugs they knew would not work; the meat packing industry would sell meat laiden with ecoli and other toxins... I could go on.

No government may not be the end all, but without standards, but not many would want find your would liveable. There may be excesses to be sure, but the logical extension of the conservative agenda means eliminating agencies like the FDA, FTC, FAA, EPA, SEC, National Huricane Center, Product Safety Commission, etc. Even under cnservative darling, Ronald Reagan, the VA became a cabinet-level department, and the workers on the federal payroll rose by 61,000 -- by comparison, under Clinton, the number fell by 373,000. [Soap box /Off]

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Rog'

We were about 7.5 years ago:

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"The 80 mpg diesel-hybrid GM Precept ... The 72 mpg diesel-hybrid Ford Prodigy ... The 72 mpg diesel-hybrid Chrysler ESX-3 ..."

Best of all, look who opposed it:

"Ralph Nader called PNGV "an effort to coordinate the transfer of property rights for federally funded research and development to the automotive industry"." Ralph got his wish, GW Bush in 2000.

Bob wilson

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Bob & Holly Wilson

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