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Originally Posted by Xist
...do you believe the 2020 CAFE standards are stupid.
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You're not asking me, and perhaps because I've already answered many times prior, but I KNOW the CAFE standards are idiotic.
The whole premise of CAFE is that the health of people and of the environment requires emissions to be maintained within certain limits.
When a problem is identified, the government needs to promote the most creative and efficient solutions possible. They have no business dictating the small details of the solution.
IF CO2 is a big enough problem, then the government needs to set a target, and artificially raise the price of burning fossil fuels such that the target is met. Let the industry and people determine how we get there. Let us carpool, ride bicycles, take public transportation, or buy more fuel efficient vehicles.
You see, the root problem is not that vehicles get too poor of fuel economy (although it is a problem), it's presumably that too many bad emissions are released. Attack the core problem, not some fringe, barely noticeable contributing factor.