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HotRodzNKustoms @ Mar 25th 2008 2:57PM
I don't care what anyone says I hate CAFE. I hate any government mandate that does not concern ethics. And I especially hate a government mandate that affects the car industry so badly and has nothing to do with protecting the consumer or other car makers. I believe that the government is too involved in our daily lives.
Mr. Oak @ Mar 25th 2008 3:13PM
Mr. NSA man, his name is HotRodzNKustoms. Just so you know I have nothing to do with this.
Guenther @ Mar 25th 2008 3:42PM
Not sure that I want to go there, but...
Excessive consumption is a question of ethics.
Michael Ishigaki @ Mar 25th 2008 3:46PM
HotRodzNKustoms,
I believe in fairly conservative economic policies. However, I do believe that in certain very special cases it's absolutely necessary that the government intervenes. After all, neither a government ran nor a completely free market economy works. I sincerely believe that the CAFE standards will be better for the consumer in the long run and for the suppliers in the very long run. Even if, or perhaps especially if, that means that we move to electric vehicles.
The resulting surge in technological progression in electrical power storage and generation would have an amazing halo effect in our economy. It will be hard at first, but in the very long run we could very easily see America coming out of this as the world leader in electrical power. Now that is good for everyone. (Except Saudi Arabia, Russia and a few other [mostly corrupt] countries.)
why not the LS2LS7? @ Mar 25th 2008 4:10PM
Excessive consumption of oil someone else might need to keep their house warm in the winter can be considered an ethics issue.
psarhjinian @ Mar 25th 2008 4:31PM
The market does self-correct, but corrections can be brutal. You want consumers and markets eased into restrictions calmly and without undue disruption; you do not want them shocked into recession or crisis.
That's what CAFE is designed to do: nudge, not push, in situations where leaving the market to do it's thing would be worse, not better.
HotRodzNKustoms @ Mar 25th 2008 4:34PM
Well as far as I'm concerned I can afford to drive cars that get 8mpg on premium so I feel that I should be allowed to do so. It's my money. Not all of us want to be driving around Toyota Prius and Honda Insights. I'll stick with my SUVs, Trucks, and sports cars. Thank you very much
HotRodzNKustoms @ Mar 25th 2008 4:36PM
@psarhjinian
I feel the market will self correct in plenty of time without the need for government intervention you can already see the obvious signs of this in the truck and SUV market