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Old 11-04-2014, 03:35 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by rmay635703 View Post
At the end of the day the pollution associated with producing 1 gallon of fuel and transporting it 5000 miles to your car makes more pollution including NOx than you car could ever make burning the fuel (heck more than a 1960's car can make), the most critical concern of our country must be to conserve fuel in any way possible first (while using common sense)
Yes, it would make sense to address that aspect before being stricter with the rest. However, I cannot imagine explaining that to the average citizen, it is too complicated and they have "Jersey Shore" to watch.
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