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Here is my problem with all this....
The knuckle heads in office are no smarter than we are... and that is giving them more credit they they deserve.
And they are continuously being swayed by experts/lobbyists who have an agenda that is rarely in the best interest of this country and it's citizens....
there is no big secret about oil... it is a consumable limited resource. I get it.
I'm sorry but the arrogance of our elected officials who think they know better, and who themselves are surrounded by tainted information, which causes them to depart from their role of doing what we tell them to do is maddening...
Let the market come up with alternative fuels... Let the smart people in this world develop and refine new ways to feed vehicles... give incentives for those who succeed..
Stop punishing the companies who employ bright engineers for what they've done in the past with constraints that limit their ability to do that risky and forward leaning research...
These knuckle heads in DC have no idea how to move the automotive industry in the right direction... Let the industry thrive on its own need for future sustenance and find the right technology to sell what the public wants/demands/needs...
we need to stop forcing them to comply with ridiculous standards that force them into using existing technology to solve a future problem...
It's like saying.. OK so you have a wood burning stove and a bunch of wood... make sure that stove burns to a certain temp and is safe but don't burn more than 10 logs an hour... and tomorrow burn 5 logs an hour... Meanwhile the /electric/propane/solar/chemical oven can meet all the requirements but we can't use that crap until you make log burning as efficient as electric/propane/solar/chemical heaters...
We elected them to speak on our behalf, not to put words in our mouths...
Please don't use this as an excuse to debate party politics. that's not my intent.
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