Agree with Chris on this one.
Its the Detroit Mullahs conspiring with a complaisant Washington which, in
effect, allowed for the avoidance of CAFE standards on fleet fuel efficiency.
Margins are higher on SUVs. Way higher than on the Detroit compacts.
arthur
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Its easy to
see why the parallels between the divisive war in Iraq and Vietnam also forged
a path to political scandal, this new one increasingly reminiscent of
Watergate: what did he know and when did he know it? We expect that the lessons Cheney, Rumsfeld et al learned under Nixon/Ford
How Slumping Market for SUVs Is Hurting Detroit's Bottom Line
by Neal Boudette and Joseph B. White, Wall Street Journal, May 13, 2005
A big problem for General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. as they struggle with
falling sales
and profits is the rapidly bursting bubble for highly profitable
don't think this
will do much and it is a case of closing the barn door, etc. but here it
is. it might also lead to the creation of the 4 ton
SUV
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The
Economy
New Gas-Mileage Standards May Vary by Vehicle Weight
19 July 2005The Wall Street
Career Journal: Keeping Up Is Hard to Do --- With Wages Flat, a
Family Struggles to Make Ends Meet; Why the Chevy Stays Parked
19 July 2005The Wall Street JournalB1
Lower Burrel, Pa. -- MARK AND DONNA Bellini don't need economists to
tell them that wages for many workers have not kept pace
While these conservation, precautionary principles and
energy-efficiency/cost-savings measures will not avoid an Energy Decline Era,
they are welcome and necessary to prepare us for the creative and pragmatic changes
we must implement on our shared horizons.
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