Auto Mileage Standards Raised to 35 mpg

Ponca City, We Love You writes "The Senate just passed a bill that will increase auto mileage standards for the first time in three decades. The auto industry's fleet of new cars, sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and vans will have to average 35 mpg by 2020, a significant increase over the 2008 requirement of 27.5 mpg average. For consumers, the legislation will mean that over the next dozen years auto companies will likely build more diesel-powered SUVs and gas-electric hybrid cars as well as vehicles that can run on 85 percent ethanol. Automakers had vehemently opposed legislation in June that contained the same mileage requirements and Fortune magazine reported that American automakers were starting the miles-per-gallon race far behind Japan and that the new standards could doom US automakers. At the time, Chrysler officially put the cost of meeting the proposed rules at $6,700 per vehicle. The White House announced the President will sign the bill if it comes to his desk."

Only 35?

[Smordnys s'regrepsA]

Since Big Oil has decided to raise the prices to triple what it was 5 years ago, I see no reason why I can't expect my auto manufacturer to attempt at least double my MPG from 5 years ago.

LIES, and Numbers are all garbage

[myspace-cn]

You want to know what OIL costs? http://www.bloomberg.com/energy/ [bloomberg.com] Or any of the other market quote sites. OPEC is full of shit, they might conspire to change price on some level at the beginning, but(OUR PRICE) is dictated on Wall Street. They will be happy to watch it go to $100 and way over. Next for the peak oil psychopaths. Which of you out there can PROVE that OIL comes from FOSSILS? Until then, I'm sorry buddy but there is no such thing as "fossil fuel" because fuel does not come from fossils. Whenever you hear fossil fuel, think, "I am being subliminally manipulated." Say, someone is spreading misinformation again, and I really need to scrutinize what's being said, is it just the entity saying it that is misled or is it from the beginning of the myth in the first place. Next for the vehicle manufactures "change or die" argument. Perhaps it's time you die, if you can't change to using hydrogen. Just as long as when you die, the taxpayer don't have to bail your ass out again. And finally for the proposed 35MPG and the timetable 2020. What pure bullshit. 35MPG is way too low. And 2020 is way too late. This isn't even worth wasting our government's time. We already fucking have cars that get 35MPG!! The dirty little secret is that since the 1970's (you know back when 1GAL regular gas was a quarter) they pushed this energy crisis crap on the people. Some of you reading are actually old enough to remember the fist fights in the filling station parking lots, got scary for a while there, and if that happens again expect the public to react the same way. Anyway, some inventors got concerned (Stan Meyer)did make a water powered car. (There have been others since then.) All the current "electrolysis takes too much energy" naysayers can go back up and join with the peak oil/fossil fuel disinformation crowd. a.) you haven't tried to BURN STEAM in PLASMA on the fly. b.) even if you were storing the hydrogen on the vehicle in tanks (A bad idea) you could still make the stuff off the grid. c.) Either method would burn cleaner solving this pollution problem. But what will happen is our corrupt corporate government will bring back nuke plants and all the crap pollution that goes with that. I just can't wait until all that wonderful nuclear waste has some accident that makes it impossible to live, how about you? Wouldn't you like to have it stored in an earthquake fault zone right near your home? Your children's, children's ... children's, children's won't be living there for hundreds of thousands of year. We can't even protect something for 1000 years let alone 100,000. Give me a break. It's going to take the underground to modify their cars, and stop buying fuel. You can find the information out there if you look, you can avoid the naysayers when they flap their lips, and you can refuse to do business with the same. We don't need this corporate crap anymore, it's destroyed everything now, all at the expense of profit. If you got a god you should probably pray to it, whatever that might be. Pray for the voting machines that tabulate votes electronically to be destroyed, pray that the oath breakers get tossed in prison. Pray that we get some real leaders (like our original founders) that can solve these problems and restore our constitution. Pray that a law get's passed to stop the abuse of power from ever happening again. Pray that our children fighting in IRAQ, AFGANISTAN, and BUSHSHITISTAN all are brought home asap. Pray that our most secret agencies go through a security background check and those that are corrupt are prisoned. Pray that McCarthyism version 2.0 isn't rolled out in your own face before you finally get it.

Re:Remember US gallons are smaller...

[MadMidnightBomber]

That's right - when you order a pint of Bud in the US, you're in for a double disappointment.

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Re:Only 35?

[Colin Smith]

Well, actually, I was hoping to have an engine that craps diamonds. That would solve so many problems...

DeBeers killed it.
 

Re:Finally.

[Zeinfeld]

No kidding. I'm from Western Oregon; we have a ten-month rainy season. I've got chains if I need 'em, but mostly I just keep my tires full and use antifreeze as needed.

You put anti-freeze in your tires???

Re:Finally.

[Just Some Guy]

I feel bad but i remember paying $160 every day for fuel for work.

$160 / $4/g = 40 gallons * 18mpg = 720 miles per day commuting?

Yeah, I'd say you need a different job. Preferably one that doesn't involve math.