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As Gas Prices Fall, Fuel Economy Loses Importance to Auto Shoppers

This phenomenon just proves that people are generally stupid and that CAFE doesn't work. I totally disagree with Lazaris because I think people don't do what's best for them or our country. They are buying these guzzlers and then when gas prices spike up again, they'll complain. To be fair, some of the sales are driven by all the rebates on trucks. For us to become energy independent would require an increase in gas taxes and now that prices have. Making manufacturers produce efficient vehicles doesn't mean people will buy them! The loans for the Detroit 3 may have conditions to make them produce highly efficient vehicles, but the government will have to incentivize the purchase of those vehicles while taxing the purchase of inefficient vehicles. That would be an alternative to an increase in gas taxes.