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To: Little Joe who wrote (15375)	4/20/2012 10:59:12 PM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Those aren't the sorts of cars that automakers are putting out. If they did, nobody would buy them. Not a good example. Do you people know how little the gas mileage was for cars sold in the U.S. before the CAFE standards were put into effect in the mid 1970s? Do you realize how much fuel we are now saving (which helps the economy by keeping more money in people's pockets) because the government stepped in back then for national security reasons and implemented fuel economy standards? The same crowd of conservatives used the same tired arguements against fuel economy standards back then, when the average car was getting around 10 to 15 MPG. We are using a lot less oil than we would have been using without the CAFE standards, and gasoline might be even more expensive due to higher demand from gas guzzling vehicles. In the longer run, we need to move beyone gasoline ICE engines. I am fine with letting the free market take care of that eventual transition; however, when oil and gasoline receive huge subsidies in the form of military protection and massive tax breaks, it impedes competitive engine technologies from developing.