A mixed bag for auto efficiency
When it comes to cars, “we really are the Bigger is Better nation,” says Joseph B. White in The Wall Street Journal. According to an EPA report released last week, the vehicles we drive are 29 percent heavier and much more powerful than they were in 1987. If you want to assign blame, “look in the mirror.” But then offer behavior-changing incentives, because “preaching alone” won’t make us buy lighter.
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