car efficiency (CAFE) improving MPG action item/in

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From: DAVID MILLS
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 00:00

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-> to curb greenhouse gas emissions.  Technology currently exists to
-> make cars which get 48 mpg and have comparable performance, safety
-> and size of today's cars (see 12/94 Scientific American article on
-> Automotive

What's the point in vast research and development to improve
consumption, when many drivers NEVER switch off their motors, even when
parked.

Drive into a truck stop, and see dozens of huge engines running NONSTOP
all night while drivers sleep in a motel.

Look at your mall, summer or winter. Dozens of cars running NONSTOP so
the spoilt wimps can have a cool or warm car to get into.

Any tourist spot has dozens of buses, empty, engines running NONSTOP, so
the tourists can have a comfortable bus to return to.

Until N. Americans get out of sissy mode, and learn to cope with hot and
cold weather in a responsible manner, what good are cars that do 48
m.p.g.?

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