No more Accord Hybrid

Choice of vehicle engines is not a right provided by the constitution or even a state law.

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true, but start taking away are choices here and it's a slippery slope to losing choices on countless things. will they next ban caffinated coffee because caffine is bad for you? I don't want to drink decaf. what about disposable diapers for our kids? ban them because they don't degrade well in our landfills? start forcing the limits of choices is a dangerous political option and will backfire once it gets out of control, which it will if it starts.

but hybrid technology is not the only solution... look at europe. their average fuel economy is probably close to double that of ours... smaller gas and TDI engines can achieve the same results as hybrids, without the environmental insult caused by battery manufacture and disposal. what i see is a problem is the lack of choice by the auto makers in the US market. why can't i buy the 1.6L engine that mazda offers in europe? i have no choice but to buy the 2.3L engine... because that's all the automaker chose to offer the US market. if we had more engine options, we wouldn't have to rely on hybrid technology to boost the national fuel efficiency average. do we really need 250hp hybrid cars out there?

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bring on the choice of the 1.6L for those that want it. I agree with you. but don't take away my V6 please.

Europe always gets better options in all directions than we do. from the smaller engine, to the bigger and more powerful ones in the high line cars....

Works for me. I really don't care how you raise the fuel economy requirements. However you do it, it's clear that gains of 25% or much more can be easily achieved with technology that is available today. Yes, it may affect the cost or availability of some powertrain and vehicle options that we have right now. For example, you have to wonder how Europeans manage to get through the day without the big V6s, V8s, 4WD and full size pickups/SUVs that are much more common here. Simple availability may do it for you, but availability of high efficiency engines isn't enough to pull most other people away from their choice of gas guzzlers.

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I don't like the big pickups/suv's either for various reasons. but like it or not, we are a country where we have choices. I don't like some peoples choices, but I'm not about to suggest anyone limit them.


p.s. what is YMMV?