Obama's Fuel Efficiency Standards Mesh With Detroit Overhaul

If Detroit is taking public money by the billions to retool and build more fuel-efficient vehicles - - that entire wave it missed while Toyota and Honda grabbed the hybrid market - - then President Barack Obama's moves to build efficiency into the law makes perfect sense.

This is something that the Bush administration deliberately chose to avoid, preferring business tax breaks for Hummer and SUV purchases - - even if the business didn't need a 6,000-pound vehicle.

It will take years, decades, to undo the damage that Bush did to the economy and the environment as special-interest favors that harmed public health and taxpayer resources.