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Earl Blumenauer: “Is it possible that if we had at least studied the CAFE standards, that if we would have applied the CAFE standards…”

On the recordOctober 12, 2000
Is it possible that if we had at least studied the CAFE standards, that if we would have applied the CAFE standards across all of today's fleet, not having massive exemptions, that we could have actually had the best of both worlds?
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the potential impact of CAFE standards on vehicle efficiency.

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