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To be fair, 50MPG is a big ask. Most of the energy from gasoline (or diesel) just becomes waste heat. Maybe 30% of gasoline is actually used to make the vehicle go (and about 40% of diesel). That's up from when I was young, and an ICE would get maybe 15-20%. Without going hybrid, 50MPG may not be doable due to limitations of the ICE.

I agree that Big Oil is getting a hard-on. I also agree that insurance companies will push back hard on removing safety features, which will actually benefit us (for a change). We'll need to win the WH in 2028 to reimpose those standards (assuming there's enough government left to impose anything, of course).

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