Reply #25: How could reducing mpg fail to reduce US dependence of foreign oil? [View All]

[struggle4progress]

Thirty years ago, I had a small car that (when well-tuned) got over 50 mpg in highway driving: it was light and had a small engine.

Thirty years of engineering would have been able by now to provide comparable fuel efficiency is rather larger (and somewhat safer) vehicles, if there had been real pressure for such improvements.