tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32708898.post7624929337793781322..comments2023-10-21T04:23:09.127-05:00Comments on fatboybiking: About timebrother yamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11680958644952778991noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32708898.post-11321113581588997022009-05-20T12:52:29.607-05:002009-05-20T12:52:29.607-05:00I have my doubts about all this.
First, the news...I have my doubts about all this. <br /><br />First, the news media has seized on the inane claim that this will raise the price of a car by $1300 by 2016. 2016? I thought our car manufacturers were in danger of collapsing now in 2009! With the apparently unpredictable volatility of energy prices, I can't put much faith in any projections like this. To predict what will happen to car prices by 2016 seems like an exercise in futility.<br /><br />I heard an expert on MPR this morning suggesting that CAFE regulations that mandate an average of 35 mpg will actually result in a fleet average of something like 26 mpg. This has something to do with the difference between how CAFE fuel economy and EPA (actual) fuel economy are computed/measured. I guess it's still an improvement, but the news reports are misleading.<br /><br />I also heard that "the auto industry" supports this legislation, supposedly because it makes fuel efficiency standards more universal (instead of state by state). Color me skeptical that there's not some other incentive in play.Jim Thillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343496548505700507noreply@blogger.com