Should the government impose stricter fuel efficiency standards on vehicles?

These standards need to be completely overhauled. Auto manufacturers have gotten around this by building bigger vehicles exempt from these standards, and also made less reliable turbo 4 cylinder engines, increasing consumption and resource net drain, with higher consumer cost for less quality. Make smaller fuel efficient vehicles, make diesel popular again, and make more walkable, bikeable infrastructure reducing car dependency.

No, but invest in free public transportation and high speed rail networks to connect the community and country

If, the distribution of fuel is supported significantly from this decision of the government if not it is trivial to me.

i feel like we could not use as big of vehicles for an everyday person because 1 truck someone can buy can be almost $100 for a full tank and run out in a day or so.

There are some limits that should be put forward, but electric and alternative fuel are not good enough yet to fully replace fossil fuels

Maybe, but there would be some requirements that would have to be fulfilled with car manufacturers. I think electric vehicles are flawed, so I would not be willing to transfer to entirely electric vehicles. However, I think if cars could be made to use LESS gasoline (not none), then that would be beneficial.

yes and no but for like normal cars on the road yes but then we need more gas stations but for people that like to race please dont put fuel efficiency on cars that have packages like the chevy camaro zl1 1le thats specifically a race car for the track dont put restrictions on that but the base model camaro yes put restrictions

No, the system now makes auto manufacturers simply produce larger cars with the same efficiency, instead of improving the engine

No. Imposing restrictions on corporations rather than consumers creates a market imbalance and results in higher prices for the consumer

Yes, if more research proves its effectiveness but they have to find a way to not raise the cost for consumers.

people who dont make alot of money might not be able to affored the cost of vehicles since prices would raise

kinda I mean fuel is important for vehicles but we should probably find a different more efficient source because we will run out of oil and fuel at some point we need to have alternatives.

If it such a concern they can make hours when people are allowed to drive, and maybe make it easier for people to walk places then or find a more efficient way of travel if fuel efficiency is a issue.

Absolutely. Cars are one of the leading causes of carbon emissions. Less carbon is needed in the atmosphere for the presentation of global warming.

Yes, but it should be working with the companies more so they don't just use loopholes and have a side effect of more emissions.

It depends on if they are letting more gasses out into the world more than they would be by just driving.

Having more accessibility to fuel efficient vehicles is needed. Bio diesel should be more readily available.

Company's find their way around regulations. That's why trucks are so big now is because of regulations which in return actually adds to more emissions

yes, but after technology is developed enough to support it, especially for all the uses that combustion and diesel engines currently do

The current loophole for heavier class vehicles should be removed and current emission standards should be applied to all non commercial vehicles.

That's if people want more fuel effient cars not even wants or needs that It's different if someone is using to drive to work or something but if it's a work truck or someone uses it to haul they should be able to have all the power they need and putting all the electronic and motor restrictions isn't any better especialy with electric battery cars the acid in the batteries isn't good for the enviornment either

Ban Taylor Swift from using more fuel in one private jet ride than the average person uses on their lifetime and we can talk about this.

not restrictions, but the government should provide incentive to want to use more fuel efficient vehicles.

Yes, Pickup trucks should no longer be referred to as "Light Trucks" and be held to the standards of regular trucks.

No, they should enforce stricter standards on larger offenders of emissions than personal vehicles. They have bigger fish to fry

The government should have no say on anything to do with what I drive and how fuel efficient it is. Unless, of course, they want to supply me a vehicle.

No, for if we do, that could cause a huge bog for our economy and tank some of the big three in both car manufacturing and Oil Production

It is up to the individual if they would like to use those things in vehicles, but the option should be there and it should be affordable.

They should try to make it more well known of its benefits and why it is trying to be more enforced before they try to get people to give their daily use of gas up.

Yes, Until environmentally friendly alternative fuels such as biodiesel and Electro fuel have been well established

I feel we should have to transition into this slowly because electric cars can be extremely expensive and some families cannot afford these high-quality cars.

Yes, The EPA should remove their size vs fuel economy rules and make a strict fuel economy on all future vehicles.

I believe there should be the equivalent of a hippocratic oath in big business and lobbyists should be done away with.

I think that there are already some Standards in Place for future years. I think the ones that are to come into place are sufficient.

increasing the gas tax instead of mandates would have the same effect and bring revenue to the government

For passenger vehicles yes, but for semis and such this could effect interstate trade and transport of goods.

Depends, if we impose stricter standards on oil and diesel that would drastically effect international and national trade.

No but they should provide funding to make electric cars cheaper. Don’t force people to stop doing what they love just make it easier to do what’s right at the same time.

Yes, only after a viable long term solution has been discovered and validated. Current EV technology is not sufficient enough at this time.

Yes, but also don’t murder people that come up with highly efficient alternatives that can disrupt the oil industry.

Car manufacturers will find a way around this like they did before with SUVs.

I think that there needs to be further study to ensure that it will prevent greenhouse gas emissions before the government changes everything

I think fuel for vehicles should have efficient standards, but at far as I know they are fine right now, so no

Yes, but EVs should not be the end goal as there isn't a viable solution for energy storage in them at this time, and EV batteries make EVs larger and/or heavier.

We don't need fuel run cars anymore. We have the technology to make cars out of anything but plastic and the technology to run them on water/hydrogen. Stop using fossil fuels and making oil companies richer, polluting our air and hurting the land and causing all kinds of problems drilling or fracking for fossil fuels.

We cannot restrict this until we find a better replacement. battery operated vehicles is a bad replacment. it has further issues needing studied. we are not ready to replace feul.

No, because all that does is increase the size and weight of vehicles instead of MPG. we should all be driving GEO metro's and 1st gen honda insights if the public really cared about MPG saving the enviroment, not 6 thousand pound trucks but cause they weight over 6k they can be used as tax breaks.

Not until there is a tax credit or some form of government help for people who are not able to afford a better more fuel efficient vehicle.

Yes. Close the loophole for lesser regulations on larger wheel well vehicles. The "big truck" loophole.

No, but increase spending on public transportation and provide subsidies for the development of high-speed rail networks.

Yes, but focus on emissions of vehicles and not on the emissions of the vehicles as a ratio of their overall size. A vehicle that travels 50 mpg and emits 100 PPM of pollution but has a smaller footprint than a full size truck that only travels 20 mpg and emits 150 PPM of pollution should not be penalized just because of the cubic size of the vehicle.

Fuel efficiency standards should be equally applicable to trucks so that we can reintroduce small cars and trucks back to the American market

We need to do what’s best for the environment and the consumer while allowing companies to profit in a reasonable way, not profit in an obscene way.

I believe we should try to move away from standard fuel based systems like oil and coal on vehicles and move towards electric styled vehicles.

Yes as much as they can without raising fuel prices, and invest in high speed rail and public transportation so there is less reliance on personal vehicles.