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Is there anybody at the wheel at UPS that can pay attention to the real world?
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<blockquote data-quote="JimJimmyJames" data-source="post: 545163" data-attributes="member: 11425"><p>An example of this is CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) rules.</p><p> </p><p>When the government enacted this legislation, the goal was to make cars and trucks more fuel efficient. An unintended side effect is that it drove Americans to drive more truck based vehicles. How?</p><p> </p><p>Americans like big vehicles. It reflects the needs of our society and the geography of our nation. When the government forced the automakers to make more fuel efficient cars, out of necessity it also made the cars smaller. Where could Americans turn to have vehicles that can haul their families, and their boats, campers, etc. Trucks. Since trucks have a more relaxed fuel economy standard to meet, they could still be relatively big. And so, the SUV craze was born.</p><p> </p><p>Ironically though, this has <span style="color: black">exacerbated </span>the fuel comsumption of the nation over the years. Because, while some of the cars before CAFE was enacted had lousy gas mileage, at least it was better than a trucks gas mileage.</p><p> </p><p>If the government had simply let the consumer decide what kind of car they wanted to drive, and what kind of gas mileage it should get, we might have saved a lot more oil than we could have ever saved with CAFE standards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimJimmyJames, post: 545163, member: 11425"] An example of this is CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) rules. When the government enacted this legislation, the goal was to make cars and trucks more fuel efficient. An unintended side effect is that it drove Americans to drive more truck based vehicles. How? Americans like big vehicles. It reflects the needs of our society and the geography of our nation. When the government forced the automakers to make more fuel efficient cars, out of necessity it also made the cars smaller. Where could Americans turn to have vehicles that can haul their families, and their boats, campers, etc. Trucks. Since trucks have a more relaxed fuel economy standard to meet, they could still be relatively big. And so, the SUV craze was born. Ironically though, this has [COLOR=black]exacerbated [/COLOR]the fuel comsumption of the nation over the years. Because, while some of the cars before CAFE was enacted had lousy gas mileage, at least it was better than a trucks gas mileage. If the government had simply let the consumer decide what kind of car they wanted to drive, and what kind of gas mileage it should get, we might have saved a lot more oil than we could have ever saved with CAFE standards. [/QUOTE]
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