Fighting America's oil addiction with these standards is like fighting lung cancer by smoking 49 cigarettes a day instead of 50. -Don Mackenzie

 

Fighting America's oil addiction with these standards is like fighting lung cancer by smoking 49 cigarettes a day instead of 50.


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Overall fuel efficiency has decreased in recent years.

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Just as we can't drill our way out of oil dependence, we can't grow our way out, either.

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The fuel just isn't available. You're looking at 20 years before you have significant gains. -Don Mackenzie
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Fighting America's oil addiction with these standards is like fighting lung cancer by smoking 49 cigarettes a day instead of 50.

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People are not happy. If this is another tactic to … exert more pressure on them to soften them up in an attempt to try to get them to accept what's been tabled, I think the company is clearly wrong.

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The current fuel economy labeling system is broken. -Don Mackenzie
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They could have an increase (in gas mileage) two to three times what was proposed using off-the-shelf technologies that are standard and proven. Our analysis has shown these technologies could be deployed in 10 years to get light trucks up around 35 miles per gallon.

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