Christopher Shays: “We will not have a world to live in if we continue our neglectful ways. Apologists for the automobile industry are going…”

“We will not have a world to live in if we continue our neglectful ways. Apologists for the automobile industry are going to kill America if they keep it up. Two-thirds of all the oil used in the United States is consumed in the transportation sector. If SUVs and other light trucks were held to the same efficiency standards as today's cars, we would save more gasoline in just 3 years than is economically recoverable from ANWR, and these drivers would save $25 billion a year. Higher mileage standards promise cleaner air and water, less oil imports, and billions and billions of dollars saved to the consumer.”