President Obama’s proposed fuel efficiency standards would increase average mileage to 35 miles per gallon.  I hope whatever is approved will reduce all harmful gas emissions and also will take care to remove the oldest and worst polluting cars from the road. 

An article I read in Friday’s Wall Street Journal said that the dirtiest 10% of the cars account for more than 50% of pollution and that the dirtiest 1/3 account for 80% of harmful gases.

Already, people are arguing that the mileage standards will force us to have lighter cars and that these will lead to more highway deaths.  I do not think that they give proper credit to the creativity of America’s automotive designers and engineers.

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124294901851445311.html