hmm, what is the cost to our country of air pollution? the costs of higher health issues due to air pollution, lost workforce productivity due to illness cuased by air pollution, those are real and should be recognized.
from the article linked (odd that you didn't cut and paste it, too...)
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It would save 1.8 billion barrels of oil through 2016 and would be the environmental equivalent of taking 177 million cars off the road, said senior administration officials speaking anonymously, ahead of the announcement.
New vehicles would be 30 percent cleaner and more fuel-efficient by the end of the program, they said.
Administration officials said consumers were going to pay an extra $700, anyway, for mileage standards that had already been approved. The Obama plan adds another $600 to the price of a vehicle, a senior administration official said, bringing the total cost to $1,300 by 2016.
That official said the cost would be recovered through savings at the pump for consumers and if gas prices follow government projections.
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