The manufacturers do share some blame as well, they have failed to see what the spirit of the regulations are and done a goalseek on the spreadsheet to where we

The manufacturers do share some blame as well, they have failed to see what the spirit of the regulations are and done a goalseek on the spreadsheet to where we are now. I do wonder if they went too far too fast with some of the regulations. If it is beyond the edge of what is possible, the incentive becomes seeking loopholes, juicing numbers. However, the gains have been incredible the last 10-20 years in just raw efficiency. Beyond the regulations, society and virtue signaling appears to have had a strong impact, on all side of the political spectrum. Capitalism does sometimes work, and the current 'desire' is to have either an electic clean car or to roll coal and shoot your m50 at commies in their liberal prius.