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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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[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Raising efficiency standards will obviously cost money, that's no excuse to keep standards low/cheap.

[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 6 points 4 days ago

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.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago

What will it matter when a small car is now a fucking Dodge RAM?