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People like you want to blame everything on environmentalists. Refineries make huge profits. All we ask is for them to make the investment into the future of the world by adding pollution control technology. Do you want us to be thought of as generation that cared more about making money than protecting the environment for future generations?
Here's a more simple solution. Ban all future sales of trucks, SUV's, and vans that are unable to achieve at least 20 mpg in EPA tests and all all other cars that get less than 30 mpg. It would save us a hell of a lot of fuel. All remaining inefficient vehicles can still operate, but there will be a small tax based on the estimated fuel efficiency of that vehicle and it's age that will increase each year to a pre-determined plateau.
If we replaced 1M vechicles that travel 20k miles/year and get 15 mpg with vehicles that get 20 mpg we'd save 333 million gallons of gas.
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