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CAFE Synthesis Essay

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In 1975, the United States Congress enacted The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which are a series of regulations that were placed on domestic automobile manufacturers to create more fuel-efficient cars. CAFE standards were created as a result of the Arab Oil Embargo, a primary catalyst for the 1973 oil crisis that created a shortage of fuel across the United States. Since its enactment, CAFE standards have been inefficient and inequitable because most Asian car manufacturers beat the standard, European car manufacturers sometimes meet the standard (and pay the penalty otherwise), while the majority of domestic car manufacturers struggle to meet the standard. Instead of investing in new technology, manufacturers have typically

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