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Should we lower our emission standards for cars in the U.S.?

Overseas, primarily in Europe, there are 113 vehicles for sale that get a combined 40 mpg, up from 86 in 2005. Combined gas mileage is the average of a vehicle’s city and highway mpg numbers.

They are unavailable to American consumers even though made by U.S.-based automobile manufacturers or by foreign manufacturers with substantial U.S. sales operations, such as Nissan and Toyota.

Many in Europe even get ovr 60MPG, but are not allowed in the U.S. because of emission standards. This doesn't seem to make sense if CO2 is the primary source of Global Warming. These cars are much cheaper than Hybrids, and get much better mileage. With these cars we can cut our oil usage by half, save money, and help save the environment.

There are several reasons why we cant get those cars here.
- Low demand for subcompact (Honda Fit, Chevy Aveo, Toyota Yaris) and micro cars (Smart) except when gas prices rise suddenly. If it went back to $2.50-3/gal people would be trading them in as fast as they are trading SUV's right now.
- Americans/Australians like large comfortable cars that are built for cruising our large spread out countries. Europeans/Asians like small cars for their small crowded countries.
- Places like Cali have come up with even more unrealistic emissions laws than the US which may force automakers to make special cars just for them (at higher costs) or just stop selling cars there.
- Europe focuses on reducing CO2 (uneducated hippies think its a pollutant and don't realize that without it all life would end) & O3 (smog) which is produced in higher amounts by gas engines than diesel engines. The US focuses on reducing NOx which causes acid rain (big problem in Europe) and is produced by diesel engines.

What I Have to Say about Hybrid Cars

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