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Your next commuter vehicle? (Image by Yessenia Holguin from Pixabay.) They had to destroy the environment in order to save it. “Destroy” might be too strong a word, but if Insanity Wrap can see the perverse incentives the EPA is about to create while the EPA doesn’t, then we’re in big trouble. We’re in big trouble regardless, aren’t we? Anyway: While [new EPA Administrator Michael] Regan did not mention any specific numbers, he did not rule out emissions limits that would force the phasing out of fossil-fuel vehicles. To achieve that, the number would probably be in the range of 60-70 miles per gallon combined, according to EPA methodology, which is what appears on new cars’ Monroney stickers. Today’s gas-powered cars struggle to crack 40 mpg combined, and hybrids have trouble getting more than 60 mpg combined. The least-efficient electric vehicle, on the other hand, the Porsche Taycan, gets the equivalent of 69 mpg. ....