Saturday, September 18, 2010
According to http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/09/60-mpg-fuel-economy-standard-2025.php environmental groups across the country are pushing the Obama Administration to up the economy standard on cars up to 60 MPG over the next fifteen years. By researching and developing new technologies that will enable our cars to be more efficient would be a great leap towards solving our dependance on foreign oil.
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Fuel is definitely a hot topic when it comes to the environment but I feel like a lot of people link it to a different category, almost more political. Most people would choose a fuel efficient and environmentally friendly car over one that is a gas guzzler, but let's get real, nobody wants to pay for it. If we had to monetary backing I think it would pay off a lot in the end to establish a new way to power our vehicles.
ReplyDeleteI just don't think this standard will be implemented. It sounds fine and dandy, but to require Americans to drive specific cars would create havoc. Businesses would be effected. What would limo companies do? How would high schools get to prom? lol. What would happen to the "sport" of NASCAR? Semi trucks that haul oversized loads will never be able to get 60 mpg...
ReplyDeleteI own and have owned many "gas guzzlers" since I was 16. I believe that when people are deciding to buy a car, they take into account the amount of gas they will have to spend, and decide whether they can afford it. I remember Dodge offering 1 year of free gas with purchase of of a truck to try and entice people to buy these gas guzzlers.
What would the government do with all the gas guzzlers? Cash for Gas Guzzlers? Sell the metal to China? lol.
It would have nothing to do with Americans driving certain cars. The standard would be for the car companies to meet these standards on all their cars that we can purchase. The car companies would need to develop this technology which could be costly though
ReplyDeleteI see. I thought it meant that every car had to be held to the 60 mpg restriction. It just seems like that would be involving the government in business which is something I am against. Don't you think that it would put limitations on the kinds of cars that Americans can purchase? If all cars built have to have 60 mpg tanks, it would limit the types of cars that are sitting on showroom floors. If that is all that is built and available to the public...That is a restriction/limit on our buying power.
ReplyDeleteI don't know much on technology in building cars, but I would believe it to be impossible to make every mode of transportation a 60 mpg car. Like, as I mentioned, Limos? Stretch limos? I mean, there is a certain size ratio that is relative to the mileage a car gets. The larger and heavier, the worse mileage. Most cars that are "eco-friendly" nowadays are all smaller in comparison and built with lighter materials. So I think the style of cars would be altered as well.