White House Wants Cars to Average 56.2 MPG by 2025

MyFoxTwinCities ^ | 6/27/11 | DINA CAPPIELLO / Associated Press

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

The Obama administration is telling American automakers that it would like cars and light trucks to average 56.2 miles per gallon by 2025.

Government and industry sources familiar with the discussions say that's the number being floated by administration officials in the early rounds of negotiations on a 2017-2025 fuel economy standard.

The White House wants to boost fuel economy to reduce reliance on oil and cut down on global warming pollution.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Where's my flying car??

[apillar]

Your going to be crammed into that Government Motors Chevy Volt whether you like it or not! Which is a good reason the government shouldn’t be in the automotive business...

[Parmy]

A leader should always lead. I think Obama should make those gas-guzzling monstrosities that he rides around in, at our expense, be the first.

[stylin19a]

and they also want ethanol to be at least 15% of gasoline...
how can they meet current CAFE standards with 15% ethanol blend ?, much less 50+ MPG

[albie]

A$$holes. Fascism is alive and well in America.

[NoLibZone]

Drill and Frack and have oil by 2012.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Yeah...there’s those pesky facts, again...

[Nick Danger]

By 2025, no one will care what Barack Obama thinks about anything. This is just election-year posturing. Al Gore raked him over the coals the other day for not having done squat about Global Warming, so here he comes now with what he intends to do in 2025. There must be people stupid enough to fall for this, but hopefully not many.

[NoLibZone]

"The Obama administration is telling American automakers that it would like cars and light trucks to average 56.2 miles per gallon by 2025."

I'd like obama flash mob members to be kiiled by 2011.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The ruling class feels very comfortable imposing laws on the peasants that will not affect them.

That won't last much longer. Redistribution of discomfort is on the agenda.

[SMARTY]

Nope. “O” wants us all to use a ‘footmobile’ and THAT is our only remaining alternative once he forces slow, dirty, dangerous mass transportation on us all!!

[cripplecreek]

I want a unicorn.

[Lib-Lickers 2]

stupid people settling at 56 mph, they should have demanded 200 mpg

[old3030]

I think an average 56 mpg is doable if he can get Congress to repeal the Law of Gravity.

[sickoflibs]

Worse case Obama is gone 2019 six years before this. 56.2 MPG is a toy car for GI Joe and Barbie.

[Spok]

Anything’s possible in Obamaland...mmmmm....mmmmm...mmmm

[Natural Law]

To accomplish this the Obama administration will have to issue an Executive Order repealing the laws of physics.

[Army Air Corps]

White House Wants Cars to Average 56.2 MPG by 2025

And I wanna be married to a hot Italian model. Which event shall happen first?

[Nevadan]

re: stupid people settling at 56 mph, they should have demanded 200 mpg

Yes. Since Obama & cohorts are simply pulling numbers out of a hat, they might as well have gone for something much larger.

[King_Corey]

I want a unicorn.

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That made me laugh!

And I want a solid gold toilet.