Comments on: Energy Bill Deal Due Today

By: EJ_San_Fran

EJ_San_Fran — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:28:18 +0000

The auto industry is always whining about CAFE.

The truth is: it’s very favorable for the industry.
Think about the alternative (as in Europe): sky high license fees and sky high gas taxes, forcing everybody but the rich to drive tiny vehicles.

The American auto industry has a sweet deal with CAFE, they just need to stop whining and start delivering vehicles with good fuel economy.
Those vehicles are allowed to be large, they are not taxed heavily, gas remains cheap; what more do you want?

But, PLEASE, auto industry, we do need to reduce dependence on oil.
How hard to understand is that?

By: 50merc

50merc — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:01:26 +0000

I haven’t seen “Emerald Forest,” but if you’d like to see a movie that reveals a lot about what is involved in political leadership and followership, watch “The Flim-Flam Man.”

By: carlisimo

carlisimo — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:14:47 +0000

They’re going to keep light truck standards separate? How do they expect this to actually decrease overall fleet mileage??

By: Donal

Donal — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:57:40 +0000

I watched Emerald Forest again over Thanksgiving. At some point, Bill asks Wanadi, the chief of the Invisibles, to order Bill’s son to return with him to the outside world. Wanadi replies: “If I tell a man to do what he does not want to do, then I am no longer chief.”

This seems to be the attitude of our leaders. They can’t risk telling us the truth, or anything that might be spun against them. They learn to lie with a straight face.

By: ca36gtp

ca36gtp — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:47:05 +0000

“Automakers contend the credits are necessary to spur increased availability of ethanol that will help delude consumers into thinking they are making a difference while creating an inflation time bomb in our agricultural sector,” the DTN dutifully reports.
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I fixed it.