[lbo-talk] CAFE standards and oil companies

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Sun Jun 5 21:13:18 PDT 2005


I don't know about the oil companies, but didn't the UAW support the industry demands?

On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 08:32:15PM -0700, Gar Lipow wrote:
> I seem to remember that when CAFE was first introduced, not only the
> auto industry but the oil companies opposed it. Every bit of history I
> can find seems to indicate that oil industry has never lobbied against
> CAFE, only the auto companies (and occassionaly the airline
> industry). Now if it is my memory vs. history, I'm betting on
> history. But my memory of this is distinct, I'm wondering if I'm
> just missing a source. In any case if you know of any documenation of
> oil company lobbying against the CAFE standards, and you care to
> share the info, I'd really appreciate it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gar
>
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