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Tuesday, July 3, 2007 12:00 AM

Hip, hip, CAFE!

Some Dems celebrate a new Senate bill to boost gas mileage. But it's premature to toast the end of our high-octane bender.
By Katharine Mieszkowski

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  • Tuesday, July 3, 2007 03:53 AM

    Small Trucks Included?

    I don't know if it was in the final bill, but a MAJOR change was the inclusion of small trucks into the CAFE numbers. If they were included today the average fleet mileage would drop precipitously.

    So the increase in the miles per gallon requirement added to the inclusion of larger, poor mileage vehicles is actually a significant change.

    Is it enough? No. But it's a start and if we do this right we will have 55-45 in the Senate, a larger majority in the House and the Presidency to make bigger changes in 2009.

    —NaR Read NaR's other letters

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