ALong the lines of Tim's suggestion, doesn't England (or other parts of Europe) have auto registration that varies based roughly on fuel economy? That's a similar way of punishing guzzlers. And there's nothing wrong with having it implemented on the state level, rather than waiting for the actions of our bloated, juggernaut of a congress to work up the courage to raise CAFE. Most states seem to follow the smart trends like that, so once NY and CA adopted those laws, it might spread. That can be done independent of CAFE, and may very well just help it to succeed (in the important aspect of altering public attitudes).

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