Comes right after they price the snacks in vending machines based on the calorie count.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:13 AM, dick thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | EPA Proposes Grading System For Car Fuel Economy > | > | from the miles-per-gallon-per-dead-otter dept. > | > | posted by Soulskill on Monday August 30, @22:05 (Transportation) > | > | > https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/08/30/2325259/EPA-Proposes-Grading-System-For-Car-Fuel-E|<https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/08/30/2325259/EPA-Proposes-Grading-System-For-Car-Fuel-E%7C> > > +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > suraj.sun writes with this snippet from CNET: "The EPA and Department of > Transportation on Monday [0]proposed a fuel economy label overhaul to > reflect how electric and alternative fuel vehicles stack up against > gasoline passenger vehicles. ... The changed label, mandated by the 2007 > energy law, includes the same information on city and highway miles per > gallon and estimated driving costs based on 15,000 miles a year now > available. But the new labels add more comparative information, rating > cars on mileage, greenhouse gas contribution, and other air pollutants > from tailpipe emissions. That means that consumers can look at a label to > see how one vehicle compares to all available vehicles, rather than only > cars in a specific class. One label proposes grades, ranging from an > A-plus to a D. There are no failing grades, since vehicles need to comply > with the Clean Air Act." > > Discuss this story at: > http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/30/2325259 > > Links: > 0.http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20015069-54.html > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> * It's active > and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the > latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
