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Originally Posted by Royal Tiger
Thanks Jim.
If that doesn’t prove once and for all that CAFE is a complete joke, nothing will. Buying “credits”? Yep, it’s all about efficiency and the environment.  |
It was never about the environment. CAFE was created in response to the oil crisis of the 70s. The intent was to improve the net fuel economy of the entire American vehicle fleet. What one individual model, or company, gets doesn't matter because its the net consumption of tens of millions of cars on a daily basis that needed to be addressed.
By letting automakers accumulate and sell credits, it creates incentive for going above and beyond the standard. And there isn't really anything to be gained by not allowing it. The over achievers would slack off, while the ones that were buying credits have to dump money into R&D or shift their product mix to something more efficient. In the end, they still end up averaging the same thing but with less variety along every Dealership Alley.
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Originally Posted by PDXSSCE
I feel the theory of CAFE is noble, but the method in which it's practiced is shameful.
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As Bob Lutz likes to say ... CAFE is like fighting obesity by restricting pant size.