[Caulkhead]

55 miles per US gallon? That’s over 66 miles per UK gallon?

I can’t see that happening, even the most economical cars over here struggle to average more than 60mpg (UK) and they are all tiny little sheds you wouldn’t be seen dead in.

[Portcall24]

I have a friend that has a car that doesn’t run. He already saves $8,000 a year on gas...of course he has to walk everywhere he goes or bums a ride from friends...but he saves $8,000 a year on gas. Just think, if all the vehicles in the Nation didn’t run...we’d save trillions and trillions. Kind of like the Soviet Union of the past. Oh that’s right we’re already headed there.

[Girlene]

55 mpg - not going to happen. He is a moron.

[ltc8k6]

CAFE does not equal EPA window sticker. Even the Obama admin doesn’t seem to understand CAFE.

“For example, the 2012 Honda Fit with a footprint of 40 sq ft (3.7 m2) must achieve fuel economy (as measured for CAFE) of 36 miles per US gallon (6.5 l/100 km), equivalent to a published fuel economy of 27 miles per US gallon (8.7 l/100 km), while a Ford F-150 with its footprint of 65–75 sq ft (6.0–7.0 m2) must achieve CAFE fuel economy of 22 miles per US gallon (11 l/100 km), i.e., 17 miles per US gallon (14 l/100 km) published.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_Average_Fuel_Economy#Agreed_standards_by_model_year.2C_2011-2025

In 2025 an F-150 would be required to meet 23mpg EPA window sticker, something the 3.7L V-6 F-150 is already very close to.

[CORedneck]

Kind of funny, under Reagan, there was talk to get rid of CAFE. Too bad it didn’t succeed. Looks like Will try an hold on to my older vehicles. Then again, I am sure there will be regulations come out to force states to regulate them out of existence such as emissions or safety inspections.

[ltc8k6]

Where the Obama admin got the 54.5mpg number:

“163 g/mi would be equivalent to 54.5 mpg, if the vehicles were to meet this CO2 level all through fuel economy improvements. The agencies expect, however, that a portion of these improvements will be made through reductions in air conditioning leakage, which would not contribute to fuel economy.”

Last footnote. The number is bull.

http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/rulemaking/pdf/cafe/CAFE_2017-25_Fact_Sheet.pdf

[Delta 21]

He finally got the oil companies to give up the plans on the 100mpg carburetor !!

[TLI]

On Tuesday, the administration announced that it had finalized "historic" new fuel efficiency standards.

Congrats jug-ears, you just invented the Trabant II...

Probably manufactured in Gooberstan by Government Motors, it will have a "historic" price of only $62,999.99 (after a government rebate of $60,000.00 in tax credit over 46 years), comes with a pre-approved 2,000,000 carbon credit account at AlGore Inc. A no-cost 30 day bumper to bumper 50% trade-in allowance (for new Trabant II) assures you of worry-free driving for, uhh, a little while.

Free DNC voter registration card with every purchase.

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[The Great RJ]

What about the construction industry, farmers and ranchers and other small businesses that depend on trucks especially pickups to haul equipment, pull trailers and delivery heavy goods? Just how many sacks of feed or cement, rolls of barbed wire or trailers full of hogs will these new high mileage trucks be able to handle? My bet is next to none. President you didn’t build that has no clue about what makes this country work.

[FrankR]

Let’s see now...Obama doesn’t like the suburbs...he wants gas to be $10 per gallon, and wants cars to attain and impossible 50+ MPG, as in “buy an electric golf cart (Volt).

It’s almost like he wants to “corral” us all into the inner cities...you know, for more efficient “herding” and easier gun confiscation.

It’s the Muslim/marxist/commie way.

[Buckeye McFrog]

When these standards ultimately prove to be unattainable (which they will), Government Motors will get a waiver. None of the others will.

[chainsaw]

our cars will get nearly 55 miles per gallon, almost double what they get today.

and with this increased mileage, guess what the tax per gallon will be?

[N. Theknow]

It'll strengthen our nation's energy security, it's good for middle-class families, and it will help create an economy built to last."

Gosh! That's wonderful!

Why wait? Let's do it now!

I also have a bridge, formerly found in Brooklyn, that I can ship to any buyer. Sorry. No COD's.

Be sure and ask our operator about free shipping.

But wait! There's more!

Are you following me camera guy?

[BwanaNdege]

Any engineering projection more that 5 to 8 years in the future and any political projection more that 3 years out is nothing but smoke & mirrors, swampland real estate brochures or “of course I’ll respect you in the morning” talk.

If it can be done and you REALLY want to do it then 3 to 5 years is usually enough. (Going to the moon took a bit longer, but I’ll cut them some slack on that achievement)

http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/tassava.WWII

(Sorry, but I can’t do Tables in HTML, though I’ve tried)
Table 2: Indices of American Manufacturing Output (1939 = 100)
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
Aircraft 245 630 1706 2842 2805
Munitions 140 423 2167 3803 2033
Shipbuilding 159 375 1091 1815 1710
Aluminum 126 189 318 561 474
Rubber 109 144 152 202 206
Steel 131 171 190 202 197

[Hotlanta Mike]

Ont eh radio this morning they said this new standard will help consumers save about $8,000 per year on fuel...however they didn’t say how much more expensive a new car is expected to cost (the unintended consequences of liberal intentions).

[Paul Ross]

Bump.

[lentulusgracchus]

The tradeoffs are stark and simple: CAFE fuel standards clamp down on the production of larger, more crashworthy cars. Analysts from Harvard to the Brookings Institution to the federal government itself have arrived at the same conclusion: CAFE kills.

When PBS interviewed a retired EPA type about it 10-12 years ago, he was quite smug. They were fully aware that demanding that U.S. manufacturers "Trabantize" their offerings in order to get weight down for CAFE improvements, AND modify their carburetors and combustion engineering as well, that the cars would wind up shedding up to 2000 pounds per vehicle.

They knew. They did it anyway.