re: To put it less subtly
"That being said, I don't accept the running premise here that driving a car that meets all current laws and regulations and illegally polluting a river or throwing beer cans out a window are equivalents. "
Not even if one of the reasons they exist is to use the "truck" exemption loophole in the CAFE requirements?
Are you in favor of closing the loophole or is that too much government restriction?