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Originally Posted by PR_Tom
It's a really sad state of affairs that we allow people like this to force us to consume energy that we dont need, or want to. I've posted many times that my new vehicle from 1996 gets 40 MPG highway. You cant find a gasoline engine in a 2006 car that gets 40 MPG. Why?
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in 1985 the government removed the regulations that made auto manufactures increase mileage on their cars. Since then, the avg horsepower has increaed as well as average weight (SUV's) and the average mileage has remained constant.