Comments on: Obama CAFE kills http://www.globalwarming.org/2009/05/22/obama-cafe-kills/ Climate Change News & Analysis Fri, 10 May 2013 07:59:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Andy Greene http://www.globalwarming.org/2009/05/22/obama-cafe-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-27671 Andy Greene Tue, 26 May 2009 16:58:49 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/?p=13805#comment-27671 I agree with Alan. This is a straw man argument. Sure you can save gas by making cars smaller and lighter, but look at the Prius (as just one example). It achieves a real world 50mpg and is very crash-worthy and not too light (thanks to the batteries).

The auto companies have demonstrated that they are incapable of taking this long term view without some incentives. Nice work Mr. Obama.

Andy Greene

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]]> By: alan http://www.globalwarming.org/2009/05/22/obama-cafe-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-27625 alan Fri, 22 May 2009 16:47:30 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/?p=13805#comment-27625 I don't understand the logic at all, in the premises underlying the above article. In particular:

1) The higher CAFE standards can only be achieved by building smaller cars. What about better designed engines?

2) From what you wrote, are you implying that the Transportation Dept has lowered its safety standards? I wasn't aware of any such lessening of safety standards by the Transportation Dept.

3) Do smaller cars imply less safety? By that thought process,whereby bigger cars are safer, we should go back to the big dumb bloated cars of the 60's and 70's. If you look at the statistics, you'll see that death rates were significantly higher back then.

I'm a nuclear engineer, and I don't see why it's not possible to engineer good, safe smaller cars and vehicles with more efficient engines. Unless that is, you want to keep sending more money and giving away the inherent power that comes from that shift, to OPEC countries. Again, I just don't see the logic in any of that line of argumentation.

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