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Old 06-08-2005, 04:08 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Re: Carmakers may get fuel credit concession

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Originally Posted by VivienM
at the risk of sounding downright American here, the (US) government has done a sloppy job worrying about fuel economy. For starters, the original intent was for the 27.5 MPG car standard and the 20.7 MPG truck standard to continue to increase after 1987, but of course the 1980 presidential election happened...

That 27.5MPG standard should be at least 30-32MPG now, I think, if the government was doing a proper job.
So you actually like the government telling you what kind of car you can buy. I don’t think you need to worry sounding like an American.
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