You guys do realize that the biggest reason oil and gas prices dropped so much since 2008 was the economy tanked, so demand tanked, right? As demand goes back up, oil and gas prices will increase again because we never fixed the supply side. Local drilling and new, more efficient and RELIABLE refineries would help out quite a bit, but some people want us to be at the mercy of foreign oil resources
More of your ass being handed to you:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101024/ap_on_bi_ge/us_trucks_fuel_efficiency
First-ever fuel efficiency rules proposed for trucks, buses
10-24-2010
Future tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans, garbage trucks and heavy-duty pickup trucks must do better at the pump under first-ever fuel efficiency rules coming from the Obama administration.
The plan is expected to seek about a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption from longhaul trucks, according to people familiar with the plan.
The rules will cover big rig tractor-trailers, "vocational trucks" such as garbage trucks and transit and school buses, and
[COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]work [COLOR=#366388 ! important]trucks[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] such as heavy-duty versions of the Ford F-Series, Dodge Ram and Chevrolet Silverado.
The White House has pushed for tougher fuel economy standards across the nation's fleet as a way to reduce dependence on oil and cut greenhouse gas emissions tied to global warming.
Medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks are much less fuel-efficient than conventional automobiles; the fleet of tractor-trailers typically get about 6 mpg to 7 mpg, while work trucks can achieve 10 to 11 mpg. But they still consume about 20 percent of the transportation fuel in the U.S.
Obama estimated then that the fuel efficiency of tractor-trailers could be improved by 25 percent using existing technologies.
"This is going to bring down the costs of transporting for transporting goods, serving businesses and consumers alike," Obama said on May 21, flanked by executives with
[COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]Daimler [COLOR=#366388 ! important]Trucks[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR], Volvo, Cummins and Navistar, and trucking industry and union officials.