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Unsafe at legal weight.(Letter to the editor)
Fred Schwarz is right to predict that science will achieve regulatory goals at its own pace ("Machina ex Machina," May 5).
He also says that "[current] CAFE standards are quite feasible, and while opponents have criticized them severely on economic grounds, at least no engineering miracles will be required." True--but the biggest problem with the Corporate Average Fuel Economy system concerns ...
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