How do you feel about President Obama raising the average MPG by 10 MPG?

[ZombieHorde]

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[blue sky at night]

1. you forgot one.....

IT'S ABOUT FUCKING TIME!

[HuckleB]

2. +1 That was my first thought!

Government regulation is often the driver for technological breakthroughs. Raising MPG expectations should be done annually, IMO.

[Cosmocat]

14. Should have happened 20 years ago ...

WAY TOO LONG for the federal government to put its foot down on this ...

[HuckleB]

18. Yes.

Thank you, President Obama for bringing us closer to where we should be.

[DCofVA]

20. Actually President Carter had put into motion many energy saving policies over 30 years ago.

Unfortunately, Saint Ronnie rescinded them all.
Here in Virginia, our new republican Governor has a brilliant :sarcasm: idea, he is going to raise the speed limit to 75 mph. :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

21. In Europe they've had high mpg for years

[greencharlie]

30. hopefully

we'll start to see some of Europe's 50-60mpg 1.3-1.6 liter clean diesels...

[Clio the Leo]

3. But what about the poor oil Sheiks!

Why isn't anyone worried about them!

Bring back Bush's compassionate conservatism I say!



(crap: Just realized, it's not April Fools Day anymore)

[Drunken Irishman]

5. It is here. :P

[Clio the Leo]

6. Oh good .... WHAT ABOUT THE POOR OIL SHEIKHS!!!

[tularetom]

4. WTF? Somebody didn't get the word to my car.

It still gets just as shitty mileage as it did last week.

[kestrel91316]

26. It gets better mileage than MY car. Oh, wait.....

I don't HAVE a car anymore.

Nevermind.

[On the Road]

7. Only if the Group is Expanded to Include

larger vehicles like SUVs and full-sized pickups. Otherwise, 10MPG is an awful lot, and the smaller sizes will probably drive customers into non-covered vehicles.

[salguine]

8. It's a step in the right direction, but, like everything else they do, it doesn't

go nearly as far as it could or should. The Chinese are making cars that get 50 miles to the gallon. The CHINESE, for chrissake. Maybe a better idea would be to provide some kind of incentive/reward to any US automakers that can produce a car that gets 50 mpg or more, and have it ready to go into production, within 12 months. It's like the moon launch—at one time, we were at our best when presented with a "bet-you-can't" challenge.

[vaberella]

13. We've been living in the dark ages for 8 years.

We've just recently started working our way out. It's taking a bit of time but I'm sure after 8 years of said President, we'll recover.

[Hardrada]

9. We have a Prius so the higher the speed limit the better!

[spoony]

16. I hear they can do better than 90, with the brakes on no less. nt

[provis99]

10. so where's the enforcement mechanism?

Oh, right. there isn't one; this latest announcement is pablum for the easily swayed enviro crowd.

[Writer]

11. It's a giveaway to CORPORATIST MPG experts!

:mad:

[boppers]

12. You forgot: "I had 30 MPG 10 years ago, and WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?"

Are you all still talking on brick phones, and sending email on 3600 bps modems?

[NJmaverick]

15. K&R

[old mark]

17. It will affect my breathing as I continue into my golden years, for which

I am very thankful.
I will probably never buy another new car, but one never knows.

Fuck those oil producers, anyway...they have spent many years fucking me. (And you)

mark

[livetohike]

25. +1

[Peacetrain]

19. Very good!! NT

[Jakes Progress]

22. Nice one.

[mkultra]

23. Its a balance move against opened exploration

[ecstatic]

24. ****crickets****

And boy are they loud!

[TheKentuckian]

27. Its a positive to bump this up a few years for sure.

We need to get hardcore on this though. Almost every new vehicle should be a plug in hybrid or diesel within ten years so we can get this up to around 50mpg or better.

[Overseas]

28. WTF. Because I wish it were 20 mpg, especially since it is by 2016.

Of course I'm glad we made a start, but it is so small and so far out in the future.

But sure, any move in that direction is appreciated.

[Odin2005]

29. A joke. Not enough and not fast enough.

We have a CLIMATE CRISIS on our hands. We need to COMPLETELY CHANGE our infrastructure NOW.

[whistler162]

31. Yeah.... but what did he do ten milliseconds ago!!!!

[Dinger]

32. One Good Bit Of Legislation Does Not Make Up For Bad Legislation

Good, but I'm greedy, I need more that that.