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Obama Raised the Standard, People Will be Dismembered
Patriot Room ^
| 5-19-09
| Scott Martin
Posted on 05/19/2009 1:41:19 PM PDT by Scott Martin
Beats the hell out of "Bush lied, people died," if you ask me. Plus it has the added bonus of actually being accurate.
The following idea is as sound as the glorified riding-lawnmowers to which we will be bound.
President Barack Obama is proposing on Tuesday the highest auto fuel efficiency standards ever attempted in the United States...
If the proposal is enacted, by 2016 the fleet average requirement would be 35.5 miles per gallon, said the official, who declined to be named. Currently the CAFE standard is 27.5 mpg for cars and 24 mpg for light trucks.
We've already got a collapsed economy. Soon we'll have more collapsible cars that nobody wants to buy. When our President takes over the auto industry and then angles to limit consumer choice within the same month, it's time to recognize that we are rapidly approaching a command economy.
Meanwhile, our roadways will be more dangerous. Steve Milloy, author of Green Hell, notes that Obama's CAFE standards will cause more American deaths than the Iraq War that Obama campaigned against.
(T)he only way for carmakers to meet these standard is to make smaller, lighter and deadlier cars.
The National Academy of Sciences has linked mileage standards with about 2,000 deaths per year...
More at the link.
(Excerpt) Read more at patriotroom.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: automobileindustry; cafestandards; fuelefficiency; safety
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To: Scott Martin
I’ll keep patching my junk together....thank God I’m good with a wrench.
To: Scott Martin
Eco-friendly deathtraps with the stability of a lawn mower and the safety of a skateboard. Oh boy.
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:44:17 PM PDT
by
La Lydia
To: La Lydia
Have you got your safety helmet yet??
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:47:05 PM PDT
by
FlashBack
('0'bama: "Katrina on a Global Level")
To: FlashBack
In addition to a safety helmet, they should all come with a bumper sticker that says, “I’m pedaling as fast as I can.”
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:49:57 PM PDT
by
La Lydia
To: Scott Martin
Who sets these CAFE standards and what scientific basis is used to arrive at the 35.5 mpg figure? Why not make it 50 mpg or whatever mileage turns them on?
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:52:15 PM PDT
by
353FMG
To: FlashBack
Be sure you have your seat belt fastened in your little sardine can car. You may live an extra 1/1000 of a second. Thanks, 0.
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:52:47 PM PDT
by
JPG
To: rightwingextremist1776
Ill keep patching my junk together....thank God Im good with a wrench.They may come and take it away from you if it's not eco friendly.
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:53:23 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.)
To: JPG
Kneepads and elbowpads will be accessories.
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:53:25 PM PDT
by
FlashBack
('0'bama: "Katrina on a Global Level")
To: La Lydia
Mine will say...
'Don't Blame Me...I Voted For Palin.'
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:54:31 PM PDT
by
FlashBack
('0'bama: "Katrina on a Global Level")
To: FlashBack
Wearable airbags? Just climb into them like a flightsuit.
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:55:43 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
To: Tallguy
No nasty chemicals like carbon-dioxide I hope!!!!!!
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:57:12 PM PDT
by
FlashBack
('0'bama: "Katrina on a Global Level")
To: b4its2late
If the government lets you. Remember that they control taxes, registration, and will soon control parts. They could take your “gas guzzler” off the road in a heartbeat if they wanted to force you to buy one of their new cute eco cars.
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:57:12 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Soon they’ll control insurance companies too and they’ll make SUV’s impossible to insure.
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:57:53 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.)
To: b4its2late
Well...they better come armed....I have 7 to choose from...3 are muscle cars all over 450 cubes.....we are what you would call a car enthusiast family....
To: Scott Martin
Obama followed his whims
People lost their limbs.
Obama designed the frames
People went up in flames
Obama orchestrated
People's limbs were amputated.
Obama improved the mileage
People became raw silage.
To: b4its2late
Not just SUVs. I'm looking at any vehicle that doesn't meet the new standards will be vulnerable.
My question is if everyone is working as a volunteer as Obama recommends then how will they afford one of these more expensive cars?
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:16:37 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
I think the DOT calculates that for every mile increase in the CAFE standard translates into 2,500 additional fatalities per year.
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:30:14 PM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: Upstate NY Guy
To: 353FMG
I could build one right now that could get 50MPG and do at least 100MPH with two people in it.
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posted on
05/19/2009 3:13:19 PM PDT
by
usmcobra
(Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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