Reply #119: I don't think the strategic oil reserves will help. The last time [View All]

[Obamanaut]

they did this, there was some sort of auction, people who were allowed to purchase did so at a greatly reduced price from what the gov had originally paid, then made a killing selling to others who had access to refineries who also made a killing, and here we are again.

Auto makers were to have had their auto (not truck) fleets average 27 mpg by 1985, a requirement made during the Ford administration. That requirement was met by adding tiny little cars (Geo metro, Ford Festiva, etc) to bolsters the overall avg. They continued to make behemoths which we bought in large quantities. The fuel economy requirement has not changed, we continue to buy behemoths and they keep making them, and here we are again, again.

I believe that until we come to the realization that we can not continue to flood the highways with gas guzzlers we are doomed to stay in this mess.

Most of Europe and Japan drive cars that avg over 40 mpg. We should also.

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