CAFE’s 35MPG is actually more like 26.5mpg

The CAFE has high hopes that are going to probably take more than 2 or 3 years to acually happen

Whether the real CAFE mpg comes out to 35 mpg or less is not the issue to me. The issue is that the U.S. congress has severely damaged the U.S. auto industry with this legislation. Not giving consumers what they want with much higher prices for what they will present us is a losing proposition for all. As usual, congress has messed things up and should have increased the gas tax if they wanted to decrease oil consumption. But of course, most congressmen have no courage to do the right thing and will just do what they think will show the people they're really working hard for all of us.
A joke.

I would have preferred a gas tax on all trucks,suv's and vehicles that get less then 25mpg on the highway.I think that changing peoples habits to more fuel efficient cars is not a bad thing. A tax might have had the same effect as raising the mpg limit. In order to sell more cars more car makers will have to switch to diesels in either case or new technologies for gasoline engines. Any of this techonology will ultimatily be passed on to the consumer. Perhaps in the long run the higher volume of diesels etc. will drop costs to car makers. But there has to be a move away from high gas guzzeling vehicles. In addition now there have to be new technologies in place to reduce the costs for heating buildings and manufactoring.It cannot simply be put on consumers.

That picture of Bush behind that sign is hilarious! Anyone know where I can get a fullsize version of that?