and lets consider who the gubment is these days - houston - halliburton

On Apr 24, 2006, at 10:21 AM, Tom Boldway wrote:

Well, one of the direct causes of the gas consuption is the government. 
CAFE
- Corporate Average Fuel Economy - car makers started designing 
minivans and
SUVs as what killed the station wagon wasn't people turning against 
them but
automakers cutting production - see a station wagon is a car, which 
impacts
the CAF� for the automaker. A SUV and a minivan are trucks, which don't 
fall
under CAF� automobile standards. A big car gets better mileage than a 
big
SUV and can carry as much if not more. Betcha the trunk of my 99 Caddy
Deville holds a lot more than most SUVs. Plus, with an efficient 
Northstar
V8 I get 20 around town and 27 on the highway. An old Fender 4x10" bass
speaker horn cabinet fits inside the car in the back seats!  Digression 
-
went to an auto show last week and saw the new 2006 VW Beetle had a 
sticker
on window that said 22 city, 30 highway. With today's technology why do 
they
get such poor mileage for a 4 banger?
So, blame the wizards in gubment for part of the consumption problem.

"I long ago lost a hound, a bay horse, and a turtle dove, and am still 
on their trail. Many are the travelers I have spoken to concerning 
them, describing their tracks and what calls they answered to. I have 
met one or two who had heard the hound, and the tramp of the horse, and 
even seen the dove disappear behind a cloud, and they seemed as anxious 
to recover them as if they had lost them themselves." - henry thoreau