Comments on: Consumer Reports Finds Overwhelming Support for Higher Fuel Economy Standards

By: Camren P.

Camren P. — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:25:16 +0000

The need for conservation of fuel by using fuel efficient engines has to start developing now before it kind of gets late.
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By: Rachel Dean

Rachel Dean — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:42:45 +0000

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pejo — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:00:55 +0000

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By: tapra1

tapra1 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:33:22 +0000

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By: Shine

Shine — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:18:13 +0000

I like to have a electric or hybrid car. Why? Because they can conserve energy use.

By: Bill Leavens

Bill Leavens — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:05:22 +0000

My wife has been thoroughly enjoying our 1999 VW diesel Beetle since the day we brought it home. The thing normally returns about 47 mpg and I saw 51 mpg on an extended drive from New Jersey to Cincinnati. It’s fun to drive and it never breaks. Aside from looking extremely dorky, it has been a perfect car. We have ordered a diesel 2012 Beetle in part because it looks so cool and for the technological improvements. Hope it does as well as ol Blue did. 54.5 mpg? Piece of cake with current technology so long as you don’t have to drive a lumbering oaf of a vehicle. Hybrids? Why bother to lug around all those batteries?

By: Curly

Curly — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:41:24 +0000

To get the public support for the more fuel efficient cars do as Europe has done and raise taxes on motor fuel. In Europe the government collects over 75% of the price of motor fuel depending on the country. At about $1 to %1.50 per liter (or $4-$6 per gallon) the public would be more supportive of the higher fuel requirements and be willing to pay for the cost. Complain, yes. Pay, yes.

By: James Davis

James Davis — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:53:56 +0000

In conjunction with oil companies, and no one will deny this fact, auto makers have been discouraging higher MPGs for decades. Small light cars get better MPG than Earth Moving Vehicles - that's a fact, but when automakers present us with a small light car, they are usually frightfully ugly and double the price of an Earth Mover and takes them about an hour to get from 0 to 60.

Most people really do only need a two-seater with a large trunk, but automakers seem not to have the knowledge in how to build one and people will not buy it if it is so ugly that they are embarrassed to be seen getting into it or its cost is double the price of an F150 that gets 17 MPG and 0 to 60 in 45 minutes.

Do I want a vehicle with higher MPG that meets my needs...who wouldn't, but I do not want to pay double the price for half the car that only meets half my needs.

By: City Slicker

City Slicker — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:45:41 +0000

I want more MPG, but not at a substantially higher price to get it. I will admit, I am green if it can save me money, even if it takes a some time for the ROI to payoff. I am not “green” if it costs a lot more money to be “green”. But if you asked me, “Do you want more MPG?” who wouldn’t respond ‘Yes’. It is a loaded question. It leaves out, HOW MUCH is it going to cost, what is my range, and how much power will it have? Depending on THOSE answers, will depend on whether I would vote yes or no.

By: Stan Smart

Stan Smart — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:37:27 +0000

After working in the "consumer survey" field for 40+ years I can say that what people tell you in a survey and what actually "happens" is usually 180-degrees opposite!

For example it's "politically correct" to listen to NPR, about 40-45% of the 18+ population say they do ... In reality, that figure is less than 4%.