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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RetiredNow who wrote (25329)	7/3/2008 2:55:05 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Nicole Nason, the Bush-appointed official in charge of setting gas mileage standards, just isn't getting it. While Americans across the country are clamoring for ways to get better gas mileage, she continues to stand by a plan that would raise gas mileage standards by the absolute minimum amount allowed by law. Why? As you may remember from my last e-mail, her agency claims that it's not feasible to raise gas mileage faster because, they say, consumers don't want cars that get better mileage. And their logic is based on the crazy assumption that gas costs just $2.40 a gallon. Click the link below to tell Administrator Nason to raise gas mileage standards to at least 35 mpg by 2015 and 60 mpg by 2025: environmentamerica.org Seriously, we didn't make this up. Nasan's agency, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, honestly said that they estimate that gas prices from 2011 to 2015 will average $2.40 a gallon. As a result, they reason, it's not "feasible" to raise gas mileage any faster than 35 mpg by 2020 because of a lack of consumer demand for better gas mileage. Huh? The Bush administration is clearly way, way out of touch, and they need to hear from you. Tell Administrator Nason to tap into America's technological ingenuity and really raise gas mileage by the maximum possible: environmentamerica.org We'll only be successful if enough people get involved, so after you've taken action, send this e-mail to 5 friends to get them to act as well. Thanks! Sincerely, Bill LaBorde Environment Washington Program Director BillLB@environmentwashington.org environmentwashington.org