More than 2000 of the world's leading atmospheric scientists agree that global warming has already begun. They warn that if we do not curb automotive and power plant emissions of global warming pollution, we will more rapidly change the climate, triggering more extreme weather, floods and droughts that would damage croplands and forests, deadly heat waves, a rise in the sea level that would flood coastal areas, and severely affect human, animal and plant health and survival. Higher CAFE standards will help reduce our dependence on foreign oil imports. Today, the United States imports half the oil consumed. Raising CAFE standards will also decrease the pressure to drill in fragileecosystems such as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the California Outer Continental Shelf.
CAFE standards benefit consumers.