WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 — There is widespread anticipation, inside government and outside, that President Bush will call for better fuel economy in his State of the Union address on Tuesday.
...and thinking wait, haven't we been here before? Wasn't it hydrogen one year? And then, I don't know, corn or something? Ethanol? And something about, hey, if we just drill up Alaska...
The White House has posed questions to the Transportation Department about various options. One idea under consideration, government officials and car company executives who have consulted with the White House say, is to do away with the existing system of fleet averages, as has already happened with light trucks, and set a standard for each vehicle, based on its “footprint,” or distance between the wheels.
Right. That's another thing. Never the easy way, always something really weird. You'd almost think he was just making this stuff up. But he probably isn't. He probably has somebody to make it up for him.
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