[marze]

What we have here is a wasted opportunity.

This program could have required a 10 mpg improvement and could have been set up to require at least 28 mpg on the new vehicle, by using two different numbers, and it would still be very successful and have made the US less dependent on foreign oil imports. Oops.

Too much influence have the firms that make "campaign contributions".

[josefresco]

This isn't about the environment, it's about the economy. The enviro-aspects are simply a bonus and helped get this stimulus plan passed. If it was too restrictive less people would have qualified thereby killing any economic benefit.

[marze]

That's all good, but if you read carefully you'll see I made no mention of the environment in my post, which was focused on the national security benefits to being less reliant on foreign oil.