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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Let's see: You can drive a Chevy Astrovan at 63 mph instead of 73, and go from 18 mpg to 26. Or you can drive a Honda Insight instead of the Chevy, and go from 26 mpg to 70.
Now tell me, which of these has more effect on fuel consumption? So why are people still talking about 55 mph speed limits (Which were tried before, remember?), and not building vehicles with decent fuel economy?
PS: And notice that the improvement was going from 73 to 63, but not going slower. So why 55 as the limit, instead of 65?
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Not everyone can afford a insight. Lots of folks but 5-10 year old cars so it will be awhile before the trickle down hits. We need to reduce oil consumption now not 10 years from now.
He would of got more MPG at 55 then 65. Yes it has been done and it accomplished exactly what it was suppose to and also decreased the fatality rate. So we can wait another 5-10 years for the car makers to make FE friendly affordable cars or we could just bite the bullet and do something now.