Joe Knollenberg says that raising CAFE standards, higher mileage for our cars and trucks would ruin the domestic auto industry. The people say, give us higher mileage.
Give us more m.p.g., voters say
November 10, 2007
BY JUSTIN HYDE
FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF
Voters aren't buying the arguments Detroit automakers are using against tougher fuel economy standards in Congress, with 69% supporting a 35 mile-per-gallon rule by 2020 in a nationwide poll released Friday.
The survey of 1,000 voters this month by the Pew Campaign for Fuel Efficiency and the National Environmental Trust came as Congressional leaders consider fuel provisions in an energy bill that could come up for a vote as soon as next week.
The pollsters said national security worries, such as depending on terrorism-linked regimes for oil, were overwhelming every argument automakers had made against tougher standards.
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