Letters to the Editor
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In the past 6 months
More than half of all vehicles sold nationally were trucks or SUV's. More than half. That means more than half are getting around 17-20 mpg. And those are the new vehicles. Regionally though like in the SE that ratio 75/25 in favor of trucks SUVs so Americans it seems are cutting their own throats. They're too dull to recognize it. I was flipping through Motor Trend the other day and Hummer plans on selling an even larger Hx vehicle, so large in fact it's larger than the military truck it's based on. So large it's exempt from CAFE standards. An 8500 lb family vehicle that gets as little as 10 mpg. And because of a wrinkle in the tax law, owners can get as much as $24,000 tax exemption for 'farm' vehicles. Even at $4/gal that's 60,000 miles of free driving.
No, America is screwed. And it can't happen fast enough.