So Bush is supposed to sign the new CAFE standard today. Sure its nice that we are raising fuel economy standards, but we are doing it in the stupidest way possible.
CAFE is the reason that SUV's make up almost half the vehicles sold. Because there are different standards for Light Trucks and Cars it was too much work to make a station-wagon that was fuel efficient. You just had to lengthen and widen the wheelbase and make it a crossover or just put one a truck frame and your wagon is now a truck and you only have to average 22mpg for your trucks.
Then there are the oddities out there like the PT Cruiser. For mpg it is classified as a tuck because you can remove the back seats.
The other thing that pisses me off is that auto companies get credits for Flex-Fuel vehicles, even though nobody is ever going to put E85 into them. There are only 1,200 E85 stations in the whole country. If you can put E85 into an 18.6mpg truck it magically turns into a 31mpg vehicle.
I just don't know what people are thinking. The best way to help the environment and cut dependence on oil is to use less gas. That means people need smaller more efficient cars, not larger slightly more efficient vehicles that in theory can use biofuel.