Are you being defensive now? Covering up and suppressing is not the same. American companies knew about the hybrid technology all along. They were just not in a hurry to implement it. And the Bush administration didn't do squat to encorage fuel efficiency, like hiking the CAFE standards.
What kind of SUV you are driving which does better than 17 MPH?
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GWB-must also be the one solely responsible for people buying Giant SUVs.
Not solely ... But allowing corporations to deduct almost 100% of a large SUV (Hummer, Excursion) cost as a business expence sounds like pandering.
Every SUV I have owned has done better than 17MPH.
You must mean MPG. My Explorer 4.0 6 cyl. Towed my 4500 pound boat, and got 18mpg on the highway (not with the boat). My 5.9 8 cyl. Durango gets 16 on the highway.
If there really was a high enough demand for super energy efficient vehicles, the manufacturers would surely build them. However, most people want big SUVs (they are not all republicans, just regular people). The manufactures do not need the government to tell them to do it, the people (wining democrats) need to do it. We have the cheapest gas of most countries. In Europe, you pay about 4 times what we pay here.
How do you tow your boat? Not with that Prius I am sure.
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