Comments on: Obama Calls for 56.2 MPG Fuel Efficiency Mandate by 2025 http://inhabitat.com/obama-calls-for-56-2-mpg-fuel-efficiency-mandate-by-2025/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Tue, 21 May 2013 14:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: caeman http://inhabitat.com/obama-calls-for-56-2-mpg-fuel-efficiency-mandate-by-2025/comment-page-1/#comment-344236 caeman Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:37:55 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=269763#comment-344236 Different standards should be set, knowing that diesel and gasoline get very different MPG numbers. It shouldn't be lumped together. Otherwise, if Ford wanted to play the numbers, they could switch their entire car and truck line to only using Diesel engines. Instant 15 to 20+ MPG across the product line. It meets the goal, but it disingenuous. Diesel isn't really all that clean. Different standards should be set, knowing that diesel and gasoline get very different MPG numbers. It shouldn’t be lumped together. Otherwise, if Ford wanted to play the numbers, they could switch their entire car and truck line to only using Diesel engines. Instant 15 to 20+ MPG across the product line. It meets the goal, but it disingenuous. Diesel isn’t really all that clean.

]]> By: zr750 http://inhabitat.com/obama-calls-for-56-2-mpg-fuel-efficiency-mandate-by-2025/comment-page-1/#comment-344034 zr750 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:16:49 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=269763#comment-344034 At Terat: This came from the Swiss federal government website. Download the first publication in the list. It states as of 2009 effiency for new cars in Switzerland was 6.6 l/100km, or 35.64 MPG. Markedly better than the U.S., but the Swiss have a lot of small vehicles, travel shorter distances due to a MUCH smaller country, and have many diesel vehicles that on average have better effiency than a gasoline vehicle. I doubt very much that they have increased economy by 20 MPG in one year. I would like to see where your facts were obtained. LINK BELOW: http://www.bfe.admin.ch/energie/00576/00578/index.html?lang=en&dossier_id=00899 At Terat:

This came from the Swiss federal government website. Download the first publication in the list. It states as of 2009 effiency for new cars in Switzerland was 6.6 l/100km, or 35.64 MPG. Markedly better than the U.S., but the Swiss have a lot of small vehicles, travel shorter distances due to a MUCH smaller country, and have many diesel vehicles that on average have better effiency than a gasoline vehicle. I doubt very much that they have increased economy by 20 MPG in one year. I would like to see where your facts were obtained.
LINK BELOW:

http://www.bfe.admin.ch/energie/00576/00578/index.html?lang=en&dossier_id=00899

]]> By: Terat http://inhabitat.com/obama-calls-for-56-2-mpg-fuel-efficiency-mandate-by-2025/comment-page-1/#comment-343935 Terat Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:33:26 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=269763#comment-343935 Just for comparison the average mileage in new cars in 2010 for Switzerland was already 58mpg and the overall mileage was 49mpg for all registered cars. So aiming for 58mpg until 2025 in the US is a real ironic joke in my eyes as we in Switzerland (And we are not top in Europe) are aiming for something around 80-100mpg which is realisticly achieveable. Just for comparison the average mileage in new cars in 2010 for Switzerland was already 58mpg and the overall mileage was 49mpg for all registered cars.

So aiming for 58mpg until 2025 in the US is a real ironic joke in my eyes as we in Switzerland (And we are not top in Europe) are aiming for something around 80-100mpg which is realisticly achieveable.

]]> By: mrcotain http://inhabitat.com/obama-calls-for-56-2-mpg-fuel-efficiency-mandate-by-2025/comment-page-1/#comment-343849 mrcotain Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:30:13 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=269763#comment-343849 47-62 mpg really? Its like selling something, if you want 100 bucks everyone knows you start the price higher. So is Obama really saying the average will be much less than that by 2025? I think he should have made a more courageous goal, like the race to the moon, and went for 100 mpg by 2020. We all know we have the technology our government does not have the backbone to take the spoon in our own hand and stop letting the oil industry feed U.S. 47-62 mpg really? Its like selling something, if you want 100 bucks everyone knows you start the price higher. So is Obama really saying the average will be much less than that by 2025? I think he should have made a more courageous goal, like the race to the moon, and went for 100 mpg by 2020. We all know we have the technology our government does not have the backbone to take the spoon in our own hand and stop letting the oil industry feed U.S.

]]> By: caeman http://inhabitat.com/obama-calls-for-56-2-mpg-fuel-efficiency-mandate-by-2025/comment-page-1/#comment-343847 caeman Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:11:11 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=269763#comment-343847 The rise in car prices this will incur will only hurt the low and low-middle income class families, pricing the cars that will best serve their families out of range. Try carting around two kids, two adults, a two-kid stroller and groceries into a Volt. To make cars MPG efficient up to 50+, you have to also down-size the car beyond being useful for the family. The rise in car prices this will incur will only hurt the low and low-middle income class families, pricing the cars that will best serve their families out of range. Try carting around two kids, two adults, a two-kid stroller and groceries into a Volt.

To make cars MPG efficient up to 50+, you have to also down-size the car beyond being useful for the family.

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