{"id":1323,"date":"2005-06-25T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-25T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/06\/25\/senate-votes-to-increase-cafe-standards-sort-of\/"},"modified":"2005-06-25T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-25T13:23:00","slug":"senate-votes-to-increase-cafe-standards-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/senate-votes-to-increase-cafe-standards-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Votes to Increase CAFE Standards… Sort of…"},"content":{"rendered":"
Green Car Congress has another run-down<\/a> of action in the Senate related to the energy bill. The news that the Senate approved Missouri Senator Kit Bond’s amendment<\/a> that “proposed CAFE increases based on ‘maximum feasible average fuel economy levels,’ factoring in a number of considerations including economics and the competitive positions of manufacturers” is hopeful, but then they voted down an amendment by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin<\/a> that put some actual figures on CAFE increases. I think it’s safe to remain skeptical at this point, although it’s good to see them actually considering CAFE increases, as there’s likely not a more immediate step we can take to reduce our dependence on oil.<\/p>\n Technorati tags: fuel efficiency<\/a>, energy<\/a>, US Senate<\/a><\/p>\n