Do consumers value fuel economy?(briefly noted)

From: Regulation | Date: December 22, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

EVEN BEFORE THE 2005 HURRICANE season sent gasoline prices to historical highs, rising fuel prices were leading to calls for a political response for relief. Some focused on augmenting supply, renewing the push to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling and to increase offshore drilling. Others focused on decreasing demand by raising fuel economy requirements and encouraging conservation.

Enacted in 1975, the "Energy Policy Conservation Act" established Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars and light trucks, with a stated objective of ...

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