Got Fuel Efficiency Standards?

A report on the CBC indicated that fuel efficiency of new vehicles are off by anywhere from %20 to %30.

The US uses real time testing on roads and audits the reports and no such thing happens in Canada. The federal government response was well, it's winter so we can't start adopting the US system yet.

Hmmm, perhaps you could have adopted the US system five years ago!

In my opinion, the federal government is to cheap to spend the money on audits and real time testing which will require hiring and paying the appropriate people.

That being said, I'm not confident that I got the fuel efficiency I saw on the sticker for the Ford Focus myself and my wife purchased over a year ago.

The next time I or you might be in the market for a new vehicle use the US standards so you know the actual fuel efficiency in the real world and not in some make belief world of ideal driving conditions that the federal government thinks is satisfactory.

Sage Wisdom ...

I had a professor when I was in the education program at university who was keen on distinguishing between asking students what they want to do versus what they want to be.

His distinction focused on what he perceived is the deeper intrinsic value of asking a student what they want to be. I took that to mean that asking what someone wants to do is more superfluous and doesn't create a deeper connection to the path that one might want to take.

I do believe that what you want to be is a more intrinsic understanding of a persons passion and desire to become something.

Great instructors and individuals inspire passion and being in others, so let's all try to be and encourage others to be.