The real cost of the 62mpg car

....is apparently another $10,000 per vehicle, hundreds of thousands of people being laid off, and 5.5 million fewer cars sold each year.  Naturally, environmentalists are up at arms about this, but let's be serious; can they name a commercially produced vehicle that gets 62mpg?

Besides my Schwinn, I mean.  Reality here is that there are no car models which get even close to this number, not even the Prius.  Since there is not even a demonstration of feasibility, I'm guessing that this study, contrary to the allegations of the "Union of Concerned Scientists," is not needlessly pessimistic, but needlessly optimistic.  It's time to get some people in Washington DC who understand that Congress and the White House cannot change the laws of physics by writing a new law or regulation.