CAFE Obama: Proposed mileage standards would kill more Americans than Iraq War « Green Hell Blog

The Obama administration’s proposed mileage standards that will be announced today may kill more Americans at a faster rate than the Iraq War — his signature issue in the 2008 presidential campaign.

Committee on Energy and Commerce, Republicans : Press Release :: Q. It’ll Cost How Much? A. Sorry, That’s Unknowable

U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Florida: Just as a question, how much money do you think this is going to take? Based upon your argument that the appropriators can appropriate more money if necessary, is there anybody in this room who knows how much we’re talking about here?

Gordon: I don’t think anybody can answer that until you get further down the road.

Stearns: Well, can you ballpark it? Are we talking about half a billion? I would think somebody in this room with this amendment could at least give us an idea of what we’re talking about.

Gordon: There are going to be transformational types of energy that we can’t think of now.