Chapter 13. Oh, . . . Those Gas Guzzlers. For the past 20 years a corrupt U.S. Congress has allowed a $10 billion annual loophole in the "gas guzzler tax" even in the face of average vehicle fuel economy at its lowest point since 1980, thousands of SUV-caused traffic deaths per year, chronic budget and trade deficits, a Social Security program headed for insolvency, unanimous international criticism of G.W. Bush's lack of genuine interest in global climate change mitigation plus sadistic terrorist attacks stemming from our unnecessary dependency on Middle East petroleum . . . . (chapter has 9 pages and 3 figures).
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