54.5 MPG the new USA standard to be issued by the EPA in July....maybe

Greed is the only obstacle to achieving a MPG standard of 54.5.  It’s not your greed or my greed but oil company greed, oil company lobbyists’ greed and their puppet politicians who stand in the way of the right decision.

The EPA has the support of 66.66% of Americans, 19 Auto Manufacturers representing 90% of cars sold in the USA and the United Auto Workers!!!

Not issuing the 545.5 MPG standard will continue and deepen America’s dependence on Foreign Oil, Foreign Refineries.  Continue to finance Dictators, Terrorists, and Human Rights Violations.

The technology exists today to set us on the right path.  A path that will save:

• -          4 Bln barrels of oil

• -          Make $400 bln available to be reinvested into our economy in productive ways

• -          Put $4k in each car buyers pocket

• -          Reduce the many health risks caused by mobile source pollution, e.g.,  Lung Damage, Asthma, Premature Births & Deaths, Heart Disease, Eye/Skin Irritation, Cancer and lost work days which measured 2.8 mln per annum in California alone

I, we, call on the EPA to issue strong final standards in July and ensure any flexibilities in the standards do not dilute our oil savings or pollution reductions.  When testing vehicles to comply with these standards, the agency’s current test procedure over-estimates efficiency by 25%.  It is critical that the agency develops new accurate test procedures.