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Originally Posted by minibrings
Would you rather this country continue to beholden to the middle least for gas? I look forward to the day we have energy independence. If this is the first step.. and in the long term I will save that money.. so be it.
I am TIRED of our energy to the OPEC cartel.
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no i wouldn't rather be beholden to the middle east for gas. i never said or suggested that
but as long as most of our cars run on gas derived from fossil fuel, even if they ALL got 50mpg, we'd still be beholden to the middle east. we simply can't produce enough of our own oil to meet our needs. even with new drilling
a couple mpg bump in fuel economy isn't going to change that
52b dollars this is going to cost automakers, supposedly. seems to me with that sort of money we should be able to develop viable alternative energy vehicles to take the place of all gas powered cars, not just bump them up a couple mpg. thats not even the beginning of a real solution to our dependence on foreign oil