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I vehemently disagree on CAFE bring bad law - without it Detroit would never have even attempted to improve their cars' fuel efficiency standards, and probably would have held on to old-school carbureted V8s for quite a while longer)
That's in response to my view (based on Jeanes' comments in a C&D column some number of years ago) CAFE is effectively a protectionist measure for Detroit & UAW, & higher gas taxes (& so prices) will provide the same result, without leading to manufacture of cars nobody actually wants.

Whence this thread: is CAFE actually good or bad? What options did DC have? What needed to be done to get something other than CAFE, & who'd need to be in charge to get it?

Or is CAFE the best route? If so, why?
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