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nostalgia7 months, 3 weeks ago

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FTA:
The man who tried 30 years ago to cure the nation's energy ills then went downstairs to a reminder of that failed effort: the 14-mile-per-gallon Chevy Suburban that was waiting for him.

Guess Carter isn't really concerned about energy conservation any more than Al Gore is!

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  greenmac7 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  In the 70's the average mpg was 12.2... I guess carter was getting good millage.
  
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    Klarissa7 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    wow, now it is all of 17 MPH, almost 40 years later. Carter really did a great job??
    
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      greenmac7 months, 3 weeks ago
      
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      A lot of time has passed since Carter was President and a lot of presidents dropped the ball that Carter passed them . If Carter had been listened to and energy was conserved we would not have half the problems we face today. I doubt even Iraq might not have happened..who knows. What I do know is, Carter was correct in his assumptions.
      
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  Bacalao7 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  I guess he can thank Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush for the poor mileage of his Suburban.
  
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    wtagg7 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    Yes, they put the brakes on federal mandates for fleet gas mileage. Carter took the fleet mileage from 18 to 27 in 7 years. Reagan rescinded the order and mpg has stayed at 27 for the last 20+ years.
    
    It made us vulnerable again to foreign energy providers. It damaged national security.
    
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      Hhussk7 months, 3 weeks ago
      
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      Because forcing federal mandates on a free capitalist society is what marxism is all about.
      
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        greenmac7 months, 3 weeks ago
        
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        No...it is called protecting you from yourself. It appears the public has no respect for where the gas/oil iscoming from and the world is being sucked dry. Someone was to control the bing.
        
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