--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/14512/story.htm > Planet Ark : > The legislation would combine the passenger car and light truck > categories beginning with the 2010 model year. However, heavy-duty > pickup trucks would not be included. Dusting off my Crystal Ball, I will make a prediction. Sales of heavy- duty pickup trucks will go through the roof, while sales of fuel- efficient ones, will drop considerably.
> > Light trucks were allowed to have lower mileage when Congress passed > the CAFE law in the mid-1970s because they were used by farmers and > small businesses at the time. This hasn't changed. >Now, SUVs and other light trucks > account for half of U.S. vehicle sales. SUV should not be considered light trucks. They either belong in the same catagory as passenger vehicles, or in their own catagory. Reducing the utility value of light trucks, will only force users to heavier vehicles. How long will it be, before I have to use a Peterbilt to take my boat to the lake? That would be somewhat like using a sledge hammer to drive thumbtacks. > > Sen. Kerry said raising the fuel standard as called for under the > Democratic plan would save 2.6 million barrels of gasoline a day by > 2020. Or increase the use because we are forced to use a one-ton truck to pull our fishing boats and snowmobile trailers. > Motie ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
