FINALLY Congress gets something done. The new bill calls for a raise in MPG to 35 by 2013, and includes a whole bunch of other measures (such as regulation on incandescent light bulbs) aimed at decreasing foreign dependency for oil.

 

It also included 9,000 earmarks totaling a whopping $14 billion. I wonder how Ron ("Dr. No") Paul voted.

That lightbulb thing is actually one of the largest single measures ever enacted by an energy policy. The impact of mandating an outright change away from the hundred year old technology of incandescents is profound. (+/- a few ginormousities ),

 

 

 

The new bill calls for a raise in MPG to 35 by 2013

 

Not until 2020 actually. They're giving us 13 years (which I think is where the mental slip may have occurred) to finally reach (what I believe are) the current standards in other nations.

 

 

http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/19/news/economy/energy_bill/?postversion=2007121916

 

Automakers will have to make sure the average fuel efficiency level for all vehicles they sell in the U.S. is 35 miles per gallon by 2020, up from 25 miles per gallon currently.

 

 

 

It also included 9,000 earmarks totaling a whopping $14 billion. I wonder how Ron ("Dr. No") Paul voted.

He didn't vote:

 

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1140.xml

 

 

 

 

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/R?cp110:FLD010:@1(hr474):

Thanks for the infos.

 

Not voting was probably his best option, politically speaking.