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In response to "also, letting the market decide. outlawing incandescent lights will upset a lot of folks. -- nm" by colin

banning lead gasoline upset a lot of people too in the 70s

Posted by charlie (aka chris) Apr 30 '13, 12:29

oh well

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that's a different subject altogether though... banning something for health reasons is one thing. banning them for being inefficient is another. - colin Apr 30, 12:30 12
- 1) you say that like those aren't related issues and 2) 1 2013 Mustang gets about double the MPG of a 1970 model precisely because we required - Reagen Apr 30, 12:35 9
  - You think car companies would not increase efficiency unless it was mandated? - colin Apr 30, 12:38 8
    - They have little incentive to do it. It costs money to create the additional efficiency that they don't see the benefit of. Maybe they would try out - pmb Apr 30, 12:41
    - they sure as heck figured out how to do it in a hurry. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 12:39
    - not if people were buying them anyway. -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 12:38 5
      - most people will buy a more efficient car with rising costs of fuel. companies, who want to make money, will make more efficient vehicles to make - colin Apr 30, 12:40 4
        
        but the more fuel efficient cars have to exist on the market in order for the customers to buy them in the first place. -- nm - znufrii Apr 30, 12:44 1
        
        right. if all cars just have bad mileage, it becomes 'just the way it is.' -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 12:46
        
        That's just not historically true. And high gas prices are a fairly recent phenomenon. We would be far behind in fuel efficiency from where we are - pmb Apr 30, 12:43
        
        I don't know about you, but I can't just turn around and buy a new car just because fuel prices went up - Reagen Apr 30, 12:43
- it was for efficiency reasons, since lead wouldn't work in engines with catalytic converters -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 12:32 1
  - not entirely. it was for health reasons as well. - colin Apr 30, 12:36

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