THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL: In deep denial
8th Sep 2005, 00:28 GMT
(SH) - The Bush administration's new rules for fuel-economy standards display the sort of evasion of long-term energy reality that is seen in the public at large - which, we suppose, is the reason for the insignificance of the program. Wouldn't want to inconvenience anyone! But then, most politicians complain about high gasoline prices yet assiduously avoid any call for Americans to flee fantasyland. Americans think, or at least strongly hope, that they'll be able to live forever in the world of cheap, if heavily polluting, sources of energy. For one thing, the Bush plan would not raise the current, too-low 27.5 miles-per-gallon standard for passenger cars. That's bad.