New CAFE Standards

President Obama’s New CAFE Standards May Cause More Harm Than Good

NCPA Expert Explains New Standards Will Reduce Consumer Choice, Increase Auto Price and Increase Fatalities

Dallas (May 19, 2009) - The Obama Administration's announcement today of new mileage and pollution standards is a disgraceful attempt to court environmental votes by reducing consumer choice, according to H. Sterling Burnett, Senior Fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis. Because the government now has so much control over two of the major companies it can extort the industry into not objecting.

President Obama's tightening of national program for higher Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards is part of his plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change and ease U.S. dependence on oil. These new standards include an increase in fuel efficiency targets to 35.5 miles per gallon for new passenger vehicles and light trucks by 2016, four years earlier than required under the 2007 energy bill.

"People have the choice to purchase fuel efficient cars if they want them," Burnett said.

From the NCPA. read it here