Quick hits
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May 19, 2009 | 1216 views | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend | print
• Fuel for thought: “For the first time in history, we have set in motion a national policy aimed at both increasing gas mileage and decreasing greenhouse gas pollution for all new trucks and cars sold in the United States of America.” — President Obama, in speech Tuesday

Numbers: • 2012: Year the new federal standard for fuel efficiency will take effect.

• 39: Miles per gallon that President Obama’s proposed new fuel economy plan will require cars to get by 2016.

• 30: Miles per gallon that the proposed new fuel economy plan will require trucks to get by 2016.

• 27.5 and 23.1: Current mpg fuel economy standards for cars and trucks,

respectively.
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