An entry for Andy’s bumper sticker contest–though admittedly one that’s not quite along the lines he intended.
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What strikes me as odd is that the Fareed Zakaria column on SUVs and gas mileage was published literally the day before the government proposed higher fuel-economy standards for SUVs, minivans and pickups, yet no one mentions this curious timing. Could Fareed have been tipped off or otherwise encouraged to write on this subject by a government source prior to the release of the new proposals? It’s not like this administration hasn’t already done something similar.
As for me, you can have my Explorer when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers–but I’m all for increased mileage standards, and with the UNC employee discount on regional bus passes, financially it makes more sense for me to ride the bus whenever gas prices rise above $2.22 a gallon, so that’s what I do.
Which brings me to this;
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