There are normal cars sold in Europe and South America that can get over 75 mile per gallon. They can't be sold in the US ostensibly because the EPA says they produce "too many pollutants per gallon". But they do produce less pollutants per mile which is the statistic that really matters. These cars produce less pollution, period. The real reason they are outlawed in the US is because the fuel is taxed by the gallon. So if mileage rates are doubled, then fuel tax revenue will be cut in half.
So any of you who actually believe that bullshit coming out of Washington DC that they want more fuel efficient cars, then you're falling for a total bullshit grift. No wonder the Chevy Volt is such a piece of shit. It must've been intentionally designed to be a piece of shit; so US car buyers would think that high mileage equates to a car being an unreliable piece of shit.
Our country is run by gangsters. And they have destroyed our economy with their crony capitalist, fucked up system of bribes and ripoffs orchestrated out of Congress and the White House.
By: TheMule
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Tags: high mileage, government waste, crony capitalism, bullshit, automobile, car, taxes, fuel efficiency
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There are very few if any cars that will give you over 75 miles per gallon, recently there have been news pieces about the overstating of MPG by the car manufacturers. 50 to 60 miles per gallon is about the best you get here.
Posted May-13-2012 ByBawbag (756.70) 
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@Bawbag ,
That's double the mileage cars get in the US.
Posted May-13-2012 ByTheMule (1246.30) TheMule View Channel Send Message
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Collusion between the government and the oil refining industry?
This just in: water is wet.
Posted May-13-2012 Byjum_runky (1518.54) 
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this guy new?
Posted May-14-2012 Bybilla48 (303.20) billa48 View Channel Send Message
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yes be pissed but dont forget the amount of gas tax they pay in england , lose both ways.
Posted May-13-2012 Bysmithbrass (38.06) smithbrass View Channel Send Message
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LOL
Another example of americans getting screwed by fellow americans.
Posted May-13-2012 ByCatJuggler (337.90) 
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There is no conspiracy involved
1) Us gallon (3.78L) is smaller than UK gallon (4.54L)
2) European models are smaller cars with a smaller Engines which are more efficient, European models won't sell well in the US market as people like big ass guzzlers.
I've never heard that the US gov bans efficient cars, I've heard people(mainly women)complaining that they will ban big SUVs in the US due to gov mandatory fuel efficiency standards.
Posted May-13-2012 ByDesertsfoxx (121.58) Desertsfoxx View Channel Send Message
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@Desertsfoxx That at least partly explains what's going on, but if the EPA really considers pollutants per gallon, that's stupid as hell and not helping matters either.
Posted May-13-2012 ByIntellectual (751.44) Intellectual View Channel Send Message
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FFS when are people going to bother to use their cameras the correct way around.
Posted May-13-2012 Byommadawn (3209.94) ommadawn View Channel Send Message
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this is true. Furthermore, I do not believe that in this day and age, no one can make a decent and affordable fully electric car? its bullshit.. the technology is here. There's many reasons, but one reason there isn't a decent electric yet is because anyone with a job dealing with the conventional car engine would be unemployed, including parts manufacturers. It would cause a global crisis in employment. The big car makers and government realize this and know they'd lose too much profit if a dec More..
Posted May-13-2012 Bybtch_romney (1.20) 
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@btch_romney fully electric sounds nice, but it still costs money to recharge. the money is going to come out of your pocket, no matter what you drive.
Posted May-14-2012 ByAmusing (5207.78) Amusing View Channel Send Message
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So you just figured out that our federal government is a bloated worthless monster??
Posted May-14-2012 Byshacklord (435.22) 
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Dude we have 8 year old cars that will do 70mpg......
Posted May-13-2012 Bybigcats (184.18) 
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@bigcats And the sad part is that all the retards pretending this is some kind of grand conspiracy, are the same retards who want the EPA to ban these cars. They're retards.
Posted May-13-2012 ByST0N3PONY (4991.42) 
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Of course we are oil dependent!
We depend on oil as the excuse to bomb and invade third world countries...
We will never leave the tit of big oil...
Posted May-14-2012 Bycdnbud (143.90) cdnbud View Channel Send Message
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all talk no proof
Posted May-13-2012 Byalien_scones (72.60) 
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@alien_scones Maybe go travel, o yeah, barely any Americans travel, ignorance is bliss, give you the ability to demand proof and sit on ass.
Posted May-13-2012 ByZardoz003 (1567.62) 
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@Zardoz003 i travel quite a bit, tyvm. the only 70 MPG cars I have seen are cardboard boxes mounted on top of scooters.
Posted May-13-2012 Byalien_scones (72.60) 
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It's about cost per mile, not MPG. Fuel prices will adjust according to the current MPG of the vehicals driven in a given country, at any given time.
Posted May-13-2012 Byquicksilver462 (151.48) 
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it is well known that many EPA scientists are routinely bribed to withhold information
Posted May-13-2012 ByLostSomewhereInSpace (2427.10) 
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I can believe it
Posted May-13-2012 Bymutterfudder (691.98) 
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