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Step 1 - propose ham-handed government regulation to increase fuel economy by "punishing" the auto manufacturers if they fall below the fuel efficiency standard. Make the standard force cars to have a 5% improvement in fuel economy every year, but only require larger vehicles to have a 3.5% improvement per year. Also grant exemptions to those larger vehicles, and allow math tricks to gimmick fuel economy improvements that are not allowed with cars.
Step 2 - implement and watch the market favor larger vehicles in general, and a tiny amount of cars that get insanely high fuel economy but that are so pricey that only "rich people" can afford them, so as to avoid the "punishment" called for in the fuel economy standard.
Step 3 - whine about market choices and grumble about finding ways to punish the market.
Step 4 - ignore that step 1 was heavily influenced by the very automakers who were being "punished" to begin with, via regulatory capture.
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