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I talked about market forces and how CAFE forced automakers to concentrate on fuel economy at the expense of safety and consumer demands for performance. If I inserted "Randian capitalism" then it was as an illustration of the way it might have happened had government not intervened. CAFE was not about the environment and still isn't. It's stated purpose is to reduce the amount of oil we use - namely foreign oil imports. The current rhetoric is to throw in "green" issues to justify the mix, but that doesn't jibe with their literature and stated reasonings.