seeing this article today, being earth day, reminded me how furious i was, and still am, when i first heard about this possible legislation: federal regulators are expected to unveil on tuesday an accelerated schedule for auto companies to work toward a fuel-efficiency goal of 35 miles a gallon by 2020 for their vehicle fleets.
seriously, this is all we can accomplish in the next 12 years? why even bother? let's just keep raping this planet for all we can. why bother making any effort to reel back what we've collectively done as a species? this is a futile piece of regulation. we should ALREADY be at this level of fuel-efficiency. 12 years later, all vehicles should be at the level of what the hybrids are offering now. 12 years later, a fuel-efficiency goal of 50 miles a gallon is acceptable, not really that progressive, but it's still realistic to obtain. why bother making a regulation when it's meaningless? it's like implementing a blood alcohol content level at the point of alcohol poisoning for a dui.
any progress we make is good, but is this the best we can do?
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