What happened to gasoline in the mid 1970s?

Right! WHERE is the measurement for unburned fuel? There is none. Know why? Because the gubmint isn't interested in making vehicles more efficient. They got there once. Remember the little cars from 89 to about 2003? They kept getting better and better mileage until.....wait for it.......the GUBMINT stepped in and made automakers TUNE for ethanol. We had an 02 Corolla I bought for Kitty brand new. Little 4cyl, variable valve timing....all that "new" stuff. That car knocked off consistent 46MPG on the highway LOADED with Kitty, me, our son and stepdaughter packed SLAM FULL of 2 womens' worth of crap. Still.....46MPG. Then long about 2003, all that went to hell. You don't see those mileage ratings very much now. Before that, they were getting up there. Some of those Geo Metro cars got 60 plus.

If some of yall think this is about pollution and clean cars, you're a FOOL. It's always about the money. It always has been. My Uncle is probably one of if not THE MOST respected economist in the world. He's written many times about the uselessness of gubmint regulation and in particular how useless the EPA is. He's right, too. They don't do anything they were created to to. But they do make the gubmint a lot of money.


Ok, PM me some links to anything anything your uncle wrote. I’d love to read any and all of it. And I’m serious.