U.S. Can Learn From China’s Fuel Program

In “China Barrels Ahead in Oil Market” (Nov. 14), which outlines the enormous pressure that developing countries are going to put on future oil supplies, a short paragraph mentioned that China was launching oil conservation programs, including “imposing fuel economy standards on new cars.”

China is smarter than we are. While U.S. auto companies continue to push enormous, gas- guzzling sport utility vehicles on a public that doesn’t need them, China is taking intelligent steps toward energy efficiency.

It is pathetic that a country supposedly as advanced as ours cannot understand what an “emerging” country like China knows. What’s wrong with us?

Richard Mallery

North Hollywood