The efficiency standards, begun under President Gerald Ford in 1975, require auto companies to increase the fuel economy of cars and light trucks by a small amount each year. Through 2015, they saved American motorists an estimated $3.8 trillion in gasoline costs,
A draft Trump plan would freeze the fuel efficiency standard at the 2020 target. The future efficiency losses would increase oil consumption in the United States by between 126,000 and 283,000 barrels a day in 2025, depending on oil prices. By 2035, daily consumption would be between 252,000 and 881,000 barrels higher,
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The efficiency standards, begun under President Gerald Ford in 1975, require auto companies to increase the fuel economy of cars and light trucks by a small amount each year. Through 2015, they saved American motorists an estimated $3.8 trillion in gasoline costs,
Wow.
A draft Trump plan would freeze the fuel efficiency standard at the 2020 target. The future efficiency losses would increase oil consumption in the United States by between 126,000 and 283,000 barrels a day in 2025, depending on oil prices. By 2035, daily consumption would be between 252,000 and 881,000 barrels higher,
Wow.
Well, now we know why he wants to get rid of them. Fuck.
As Bill Maher pointed out last year, they want to do this out of pure spite. The car companies, everybody really, is on board with the CAFE standards.