# The new fuel economy standards congress passed

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**Created:** [December 18, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-new-fuel-economy-standards-congress-passed/40451 "2007-12-18T12:02:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-new-fuel-economy-standards-congress-passed/40451/40 "2007-12-19T05:28:52Z")

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> [@BrockwayMT](#):
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> First of all, JayS, you left out that your asshole friends the Republicans forced the removal of all increased taxes on energy companies from the bill.

That was the right thing to do. Guess who’s investing billions on finding the next big oil deposit with deep offshore drilling and figuring out how to get oil from oil shale? Yep, big oil. Take away their profits and they don’t have that money to invest anymore. All this happy horseshit about conservation, hybrids and fuel cells doesn’t change the fact that we’re going to need to keep finding oil for at least the next 30-50 years.

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