SURVEY: 9 OUT OF 10 AMERICANS SUPPORT 40 MPG VEHICLE GOAL TO CUT
U.S. MIDDLE EASTERN OIL DEPENDENCY, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
NASCAR Fans, Conservatives and Others Agree: 40 MPG Fuel-Efficiency
Standard Should Be U.S. Standard; New 40mpg.org Web Site Gives Americans Way
to Talk Back to Automakers, Congress
DETROIT, MI.///March 17, 2005///Faced with an unsettled Middle East region
and rising gasoline prices, millions of Americans are starting to look at
their own car, truck, SUV and other vehicle purchases as a way that they can
exert a personal influence on U.S. energy and national security policies,
according to an Opinion Research Corporation national opinion poll released
today in conjunction with the launch of the Web site,
which gives car owners a powerful new forum in which to tell automakers and
Congress that they support a federal fuel efficiency standard of 40 miles
per gallon (mpg) ...
Read the March 1, 2005 news release.
Listen to the streaming audio of a related news event.
Read the March 17, 2005 report on full survey findings.
Check out the 40mpg.org Web site.
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