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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Srexley who wrote (191572)10/12/2001 5:41:20 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
Hey, I've got nothing against SUVs... but if we are trying to reduce the US's dependence on imported oil (and the trade deficit) by mandating minimum fuel efficiency standards for autos, I don't see why the rest of our transportation fleet isn't included too.

If lower oil imports are a 'good' thing, they we have been getting less utility out of that C.A.F.E. rule because more and more pickup trucks and SUVs have been bought in recent years then 'autos'... thus reducing whatever beneficial effect the rules were supposed to bring.

SUVs didn't even exist as a major vehicle class when the C.A.F.E. standards were promoted in the '70s.

If the US was energy sufficient unto itself... then maybe we wouldn't have to care so much whatever the Saudis or Iraqis were up to.
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