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Coalition’s claim that fuel efficiency standard would raise prices based on car no longer on sale
(www.theguardian.com)
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Raising efficiency standards will obviously cost money, that's no excuse to keep standards low/cheap.
I expect it's at the behest of the oil industry anyway, gotta keep consumption as high as possible.
Brought to you by my conspiracy theory, which seems very plausible given oil companies' history.