Thread: REPORT (1992): Auto FE: How Far Can We go? (a few notes)
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Old 01-24-2012, 10:28 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jakobnev View Post
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No can do. These notes are from an eBook available through my university library. Restricted access. A complete citation and page numbers are enough for you to fact check if you want to be that skeptical. Here is a copy you can buy online: Automotive Fuel Economy : How Far Can We Go? by Committee Staff on Fuel Economy of Automobiles and L (editor): National Academy Press, Washington, DC, U.S.A. 9780309045308 Soft Cover, - Longaeva Books

And here is a google books link to the executive summary, describing how the report came to be: Automotive fuel economy: how far should we go? - National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Fuel Economy of Automobiles and Light Trucks - Google Books Looks like you might be able to read parts of Appendix B there.

...what do you think about the content? Is there some basis for your skepticism?
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