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Old 05-01-2007, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by MacMan View Post
Apparently (and correct me if I'm wrong) if the US adopted the same standards as Europe where vehicles have to get 40-50mpg, the US wouldn't be dependent or need oil from OPEC or in other words Oil from over seas.... And the reason it doesn't change in that direction is because of the influencial lobby groups in bed with the government...
I hate the big oil and the car industry lobbies. (as well as others LOL!)

ETA: I wish it were MANDATORY to build more cars that ran on something other than oil, whether it be bio fuel or electricity or whatever.....methane, I dont care. We need to find an alternative and make it mandatory and make it NOW.

Global warming is for REAL.
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