Energy Law Targets Fuel Economy, Alternatives

by 2020...yawn.

What a limp attempt.... if thy said 2010 it would be easy enough.

Pathetic....

Thanks for the article.

At the present escalating rates of consumption, there is not going to be enough oil to run those cars, SUVs and small trucks, by the year 2020.

So it really doesn't matter who signed which mandates into law....

2020 is rediculous. Why can't that focus be put on the N-E-X-T platform of vehicles coming out? We are having an issue NOW. What concerns me in reading this, is at the bottom it states,

"Congress last increased fuel economy standards in 1975. Back then, lawmakers set the bar at 25 miles per gallon — meaning an auto company's fleet of cars had to average 25 mpg. The new legislation raises that by 40 percent — to 35 mpg by 2020."

If this 35 mpg is an average, we are still shooting low.