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Quiz: How much will gas mileage standards save you?
If the Obama administration's fuel efficiency standards, which are set for 2025, were enforced today, how much less money would each American driver spend per year on gasoline?
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It's international quiz time on the Marketplace Morning Report. Stephan Richter, editor-in-chief of the online international affairs magazine, The Globalist, brings us the question below.
If the Obama administration's fuel efficiency standards, which are set for 2025, were enforced today, how much less money would each American driver spend per year on gasoline?
a. 55% less
b. 48% less
c. 16% less
d. 1.5% less
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Answer: a. 55% less, assuming fuel prices stay around $3.50 per gallon.
I think your quiz is incomplete and needs to additional questions:
2. What are the odds that states will impose vehicle mileage-weight taxes by 2025 to offset their decrease in gas tax revenue due to improved vehicle gas efficiency?
(a) 100%
(b) 100%
(c) 100%
(d) 100%
3. What are the odds that gas prices will increase, both due to increased extraction costs from harsh environments and the Fed's deliberately inflationary monetary policies?
(a) 100%
(b) 100%
(c) 100%
(d) 100%
