Author: TerraCurve
Website: http://www.terracurve.com/2009/05/21/traveling-by-car-in-the…
Car travel, especially across the States via smog-infested super-highways cluttered with gas-guzzling, unkempt vehicles, is a sore spot on America’s ongoing addiction to fossil fuel.
For years, the auto industry has been at odds with environmentalists and individual states over fuel standards. Thirteen states, led by California, have been pressing the Government to allow them to impose stricter standards on vehicles.
Of course, these demands were repeatedly blocked by the errant Bush Administration.
This week, however, a new horizon just may be beaming with pride over the twisting, blacktop landscape. The Obama administration proposed regulations that will force automakers to green up their act, allowing US car manufacturers, environmentalists and lawmakers to reach a landmark agreement on setting auto efficiency standards for cars and light trucks.
“For the first time in history, we have set in motion a national policy aimed at both increasing gas mileage and decreasing greenhouse…
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