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“Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals…” quote by Jay Inslee — Download Open image

“Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency.”

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