Wednesday, May 20, 2009

NEW LEFT-WING MPG STANDARDS WON'T HAVE ANY POSITIVE EFFECT ON NATIONAL MPG

DINOCRAT:

The AP reports uncritically, indeed excitedly, on the latest fantasy of the administration:

Obama wants increased fuel efficiency, less smog — President Barack Obama outlined Tuesday the nation’s first comprehensive effort to curb vehicle emissions while cutting dependence on imported oil, calling the plan an historic turning point toward a “clean-energy economy.”…

“As a result of this agreement,” Obama said, “we will save 1.8 billion barrels of oil over the lifetime of the vehicles sold in the next five years. And at a time of historic crisis in our auto industry, this rule provides the clear certainty that will allow these companies to plan for a future in which they are building the cars of the 21st century.”

Let’s do some arithmetic. Car sales were 13 million last year, and five years of sales of all vehicles might be over 70 million. Cars last for a decade or more, so the total savings touted by the administration are trivial indeed (not that much more than the US’s dangerously tiny 35-day Strategic Petroleum reserve) particularly when looked at as being generated over 700 million car-years. No matter. The point is that we can all now feel better about ourselves and helping the earth.

The fact that this massive government program will only produce 50 days of oil supply in ten years
LIKE KYOTO - AND MOST LEFT-WING PROGRAMS - THE ACTUAL EFFECT ON THE OVERTLY TARGETED PROBLEM IS NIL, AT BEST.
  • BUT THE REAL TARGET IS NOT CO2 OR MPG; THE REAL TARGET IS THE FREE MARKET.
  • AND WITH POLICIES LIKE KYOTO AND OBAMA'S NEW CAFE STANDARDS, THE LEFT IS KILLING THE FREE MARKET WITH DEADLY ACCURACY.
  • AS A RESULT, WE WILL NOT HAVE AN ATMOSPHERE WITH ANY LESS CO2, OR GLOBAL CLIMATE WHICH IS CHANGES LESS, OR A CAR-FLEET WHICH USES LESS GASOLINE.
  • ALL OBAMA WILL HAVE DONE IS MAKE US ALL LESS FREE AND LESS PROSPEROUS.
IT'S THE ROAD TO SERFDOM, AND BECAUSE OF OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS, WE'RE GONNA BE DRIVING DOWN IT WITH HIGHER MPG. OH, GOODY.
  • USA TODAY: More people will die in these cars...

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