A letter to the editor of
The Capital Times and
Wisconsin State Journal from Hans Noeldner:
Dear Editor:
Senator Kohl has expressed concern that higher CAFE mileage standards would hurt auto workers at plants like the GM factory in Janesville - a factory that cranks out some of the most ostentatious fuel guzzling road hogs on Earth.
There is a simple solution: retool this plant - and the others currently used to make giant SUVs for Suzy Soccermom and supersized Tonka Trucks for Billy Fourwheeler. What to manufacture instead? Light rail vehicles, of course! This conversion might actually be rather trivial, because the size and weight of Suburbans and Yukons is not much less than light rail cars.
I have to wonder why guys like Representatives Roscoe Bartlett and Ron Paul - old fashioned Republicans both - "get" the fact that our home planet is not made of oil, while Senator Kohl keeps his head stubbornly planted in the sand.
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