The Feds

Safety standard regulations are fine. Fuel economy & emissions regulations have their places too, but the EPA is out of control with some of it! They routinely impose future efficiency regulations on automobile manufacturers for which the technology isnt available yet. Then the manufacturers are faced with fines if they fail to comply & the costs get passed on to the consumers. Because at the time it's cheaper to pay fines than it is to install technology that doesn't exist yet. The same thing happens to the oil companies.