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Received: with LISTAR (v0.128a; list perf-list); Thu, 04 May 2000 19:58:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 19:58:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Ford Truck Enthusiasts List Server To: perf-list digest users Reply-to: perf-list  ford-trucks.com Subject: perf-list Digest V2000 #59 Precedence: bulk ========================================================== Ford Truck Enthusiasts Performance, Hot-Rod and Custom Truck Mailing List Visit our web site: http://www.ford-trucks.com To unsubscribe, send email to: listar ford-trucks.com with the words "unsubscribe perf-list" in the subject of the message. ========================================================== ------------------------------------ perf-list Digest Mon, 01 May 2000 Volume: 2000 Issue: 059 In This Issue: ADMIN: Harley-Davidson F-150 SEMA Action Network Legislative Alert - U.S. House of ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 22:23:13 -0400 From: Ken Payne Subject: ADMIN: Harley-Davidson F-150 Two new press releases are on the web site: "Ford of Canada announces production details, pricing for Harley-Davidson F-150 pickup" "Patricia Reid named new manager of Ford's Ontario Truck Plant" Both are available on the top-left of the main site screen. Ken Payne Admin, Ford Truck Enthusiasts ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 20:58:26 -0400 From: Ken Payne Subject: SEMA Action Network Legislative Alert - U.S. House of As some of you may have noticed by the main page of the Ford Truck Enthusiasts web site, we recently joined SEMA. Just as FTE got SEMA alerts as a club, it now received additional alerts as a member. Following is an alert concerning CAFE Standards: LEGISLATIVE ALERT U.S. House of Representatives to Consider Stricter Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards CAFE mandates that all manufacturers meet fuel economy targets for their vehicle fleet. For the last several years, the automotive industry has successfully fought to freeze the fleet fuel economy average at 27.5 mpg for cars and 20.7 mpg for light trucks (SUV’s, pickups, minivans). Now, a few members of the U.S. House of Representatives, in a misguided attempt to reduce pollution, gas prices and U.S. dependence on foreign oil, are actively seeking to end the current freeze on CAFE standards. If they are successful, the effects on consumer choice, not to mention vehicle safety, will be dramatic. Contact Your Federal Representatives to Oppose Lifting the CAFE Freeze Higher CAFE Standards will… Limit consumer choice in purchasing vehicles. Manufacturers will be forced to make SUVs, light trucks and minivans more expensive, smaller, less powerful, and less useful in terms of hauling and towing capacity. Result in less vehicle availability and higher prices. Light trucks and SUV ’s, noted as “gas guzzlers,” will inevitably be phased out in order for manufacturers to meet increasing government-mandated fuel economy standards. In addition, CAFE increases in the light truck market will cost consumers up to $2,750 in higher vehicle prices. Lead to more deaths on our nation’s highways. Increased CAFE standards for larger vehicles will force consumers into smaller cars with higher accident fatality rates. A USA Today analysis found that “46,000 people have died in crashes they would have survived in bigger heavier cars.” This works out to “roughly 7,700 deaths for every mile per gallon gained” by driving smaller cars (USA Today, July 2, 1999). Higher CAFE Standards will not… Improve on pollution. CAFE was enacted in 1975 to conserve fuel, not to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The idea that manmade CO2 emissions will drastically reduce through higher CAFE standards is inaccurate. Even doubling the fuel economy of new cars in the U.S. would reduce manmade CO2 emissions less than one percent worldwide. Reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. To date, CAFE and small cars have done little to reduce gasoline consumption and the U.S. imports more foreign oil today than when CAFE standards were first imposed. Save the consumer money at the gas pump with more fuel efficient vehicles. Total gas consumption depends on factors such as total miles traveled, the make-up of the overall vehicle fleet and gasoline prices, NOT simply on new vehicle mileage standards. Contact your Member of the U.S. House of Representatives to oppose any raising of CAFE standards. If you need assistance in determining who your legislators are, this information can be obtained by calling the SEMA Washington, D.C. office at 202/783-6007 or you can access this information via the internet at www.sema.org/fedleg/legislatorrequest. For assistance in turning this alert into a letter to a legislator, go to http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://www.sema.org/consumer/fedleg/ and choose SEMA's link on "How to Lobby Elected Officials." Please fax a copy of your letters to us at 202/783-6024 or mail to: SEMA Washington Office, 1317 F St., NW, Ste. 500, Washington, D.C. 20004, Attn: Brian Caudill ------------------------------ End of perf-list Digest V2000 #59 ********************************* ---------------------------------------------------------- Ford Truck Enthusiasts Performance, Hot-Rod and Custom Truck List Send posts to perf-list ford-trucks.com If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, send an email to: listar ....To access the rest of this feature you must be a logged in Registered User Of Ford Truck Enthusiasts
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