Comment 28015

By Brandon (registered) | Posted December 31, 2008 at 12:38:38

To go back to the tone of the article though, the government is putting out two very distinct and conflicting messages.

1) Through CAFE, they are mandating efficient vehicles. 2) Through low gas prices, they are encouraging people to purchase inefficient vehicles.

As gas prices have dropped, we've seen truck demand rise again as those prices were obviously an anomaly. The only way to truly change the mix is to stop sending one of the conflicting messages. Either tax the hell out of gas to bring it back up to high levels again or remove CAFE and stop fining the industry for selling products that people are encouraged to buy by low gas prices.

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