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gsxrpilot · 10-28-2008, 08:30 PM

While we speculate about colors, pricing and the "Z28" Did anybody remember this?

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Congress is now on track to mandate new miles-per-gallon standards.

A bill introduced in the Senate calls for automakers to raise the fuel efficiency their cars and trucks to an average of 35 miles per gallon starting in 2020. Also, automakers vehicles have to average 28.5 mpg by 2015 while increasing fuel efficacy by 4 percent yearly starting in 2011.

The bill would also end credit to U.S. automakers for developing and selling vehicles capable of using E85 ethanol.

As a result to the introduction of the legislation, the Alliance of
Automobile Manufacturers called it "unacceptable." They claim that, to be compliant with the bill, automakers would have to experience a 4 percent efficiency increase in their mpg between now and 2020 which they say cannot be achieved.

Our take? Haven't we heard this "whine" before? The result were the Japanese automakers making roadkill of Detroit's best when Americans demanded fuel-efficient vehicles.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush, who has said he doesn't believe the government should set arbitrary automobile mileage standards, is signing into law a requirement that motor vehicles meet an average 35 miles per gallon by 2020.

Congress sent an energy bill to the White House late Tuesday -- delivering it in a gas-hybrid sedan -- that increases the federal auto mileage requirement for the first time in 32 years and also requires a huge increase in the use of ethanol as a substitute for gasoline.

The measure passed by veto-proof majorities in both houses. The House passed the bill 314-100, with 95 Republicans joining Democrats in support of the legislation, after the Senate approved it last week 86-8.

The White House immediately announced that Bush would sign the measure Wednesday morning at a ceremony at the Energy Department.

"This is a choice between yesterday and tomorrow" on energy policy, declared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who had personally conducted the sometimes testy negotiations that led to the bill's approval in the House.

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gsxrpilot Drives: 1969 Z28 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: florida Posts: 32	While we speculate about colors, pricing and the "Z28" Did anybody remember this? While we speculate about colors, pricing and the "Z28" Did anybody remember this? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Congress is now on track to mandate new miles-per-gallon standards. A bill introduced in the Senate calls for automakers to raise the fuel efficiency their cars and trucks to an average of 35 miles per gallon starting in 2020. Also, automakers vehicles have to average 28.5 mpg by 2015 while increasing fuel efficacy by 4 percent yearly starting in 2011. The bill would also end credit to U.S. automakers for developing and selling vehicles capable of using E85 ethanol. As a result to the introduction of the legislation, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers called it "unacceptable." They claim that, to be compliant with the bill, automakers would have to experience a 4 percent efficiency increase in their mpg between now and 2020 which they say cannot be achieved. Our take? Haven't we heard this "whine" before? The result were the Japanese automakers making roadkill of Detroit's best when Americans demanded fuel-efficient vehicles. WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush, who has said he doesn't believe the government should set arbitrary automobile mileage standards, is signing into law a requirement that motor vehicles meet an average 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Congress sent an energy bill to the White House late Tuesday -- delivering it in a gas-hybrid sedan -- that increases the federal auto mileage requirement for the first time in 32 years and also requires a huge increase in the use of ethanol as a substitute for gasoline. The measure passed by veto-proof majorities in both houses. The House passed the bill 314-100, with 95 Republicans joining Democrats in support of the legislation, after the Senate approved it last week 86-8. The White House immediately announced that Bush would sign the measure Wednesday morning at a ceremony at the Energy Department. "This is a choice between yesterday and tomorrow" on energy policy, declared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who had personally conducted the sometimes testy negotiations that led to the bill's approval in the House.