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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 04:53 PM Original message |
Obama, automakers reach deal on new fuel standards |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. I want cars to stop using petrochemicals for fuel by then - |
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Indydem (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Then how would you have them run? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. We put a man on the moon in 9 years with slide rules. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Thats about the size of it |
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James48 (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. but ethanol is. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Make vehicles smaller |
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Indydem (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The OP said nothing about more fuel efficient or smaller. |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. how |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. If I have to pay for my mother's medical when she loses Medicare, |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. A modest step in the right direction... |
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Maccagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. GRRRR, that secret Muslim, Commie, Despot Obama |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Even in a thread on this topic, it's all blah, blah, gloom, doom, blah. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Same shit here |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. The real problem isn't fuel efficiency. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Hybrids & Electrics Don't Burn Fuel While Going Nowhere in Rush Hour Traffic |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I'm a big fan of all this. |
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AmericaIsGreat (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's a step |
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Cool Logic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. It sounds like this agreement will be good for truck dealers... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Trucks have always lagged in safety/emission standards. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. K&R |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. 2017??? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
16. This is the biggest increase in CAFE standards in a generation |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Agreed - long overdue but good news ... |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. This is progress! |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. Charlie Rose & Tavis Smiley have just done some interviews with the auto CEO's about this |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. So he didn't get the 62-mpg standard, what a sellout corporate pig |
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