CAFE stds on the chopping block
NYT Good riddance. There is no way that the average fleet mileage would ever come close to those numbers anyway. Hopefully the ethanol scam will be cut at the same time.
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agesilaus wrote:
What do CAFE stds have to do with Smog anyway.
An extrapolation of the hardcore climate change crowd. Burn less fossil fuel of all stripes, less CO2 in the atmosphere which still goes out tailpipes, stacks, etc. Catalysts, scrubbers and the like are about removing or chemically converting sulfur and nitrogen combustion products to 'inert' less harmful compounds or trapping particulates. But that pesky CO2...
CAFE just seemed like a noble way to address things in a way that people are more receptive to. Who doesn't want a fuel efficient vehicle?
