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...Still, DeCicco points out, even if the CAFE numbers don't reflect reality, by raising the standard to 35 m.p.g., it mandates a relative increase in fuel economy of about 40%. But the government's double bookkeeping still matters - especially with the NHTSA set to issue final regulations that will help guide automakers to meet the new standard. An EPA analysis from September shows that the 35-m.p.g. CAFE standard will translate to 27 to 28 m.p.g. under real-world conditions - about the same fuel efficiency that the current CAFE standard purports to enforce. "The program is undermined...
...average annual fuel efficiency for a manufacturer's entire fleet; automakers have to meet that standard or pay a fine. But the current measured CAFE standards, nationally, of about 27.5 m.p.g. for cars and 22.2 m.p.g. for light trucks has little to do with real-world performance. John DeCicco, the automotive expert for the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), estimates that in actual driving, the current measured CAFE standard, for cars, is closer to 22 m.p.g, and, for trucks, closer to 18 m.p.g. "It's longstanding common knowledge that the government has been keeping two sets of books on fuel economy...
...fought hard, complaining about the cost of meeting higher fuel efficiency standards - required compromises, which forced the NHTSA to keep using the old rules. "It's a shame that when this law was passed no one in the government went up and measured what was actually going on," says DeCicco. (Read "Heroes of the Environment...
...price had dipped back down to $99.62, and oil still has yet to break its all-time inflation-adjusted high of $102.81 (set in April 1980 after the Iranian revolution). "One hundred dollars is a symbolic number," says John DeCicco, a senior fellow at Environmental Defense. But unlike past eras of high-altitude oil prices, caused by short-term disruptions in supply, today there are simply more countries demanding more oil than ever before, and that's unlikely to change soon. Gasoline prices lag behind oil in the U.S. - a gallon currently goes for an average of $3.05 nationwide...
...state announced today that it would sue the federal government in response.) The safe level varies from technology to technology but programs that keep oil above roughly $50 a barrel would be a great help. "One hundred-dollar-a-barrel oil is not sufficient alone to drive investment," says DeCicco. "We need an energy policy with a conscience...