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An international law should be passed that requires all car manifacturers to make cars that have a fuel efficiency of at least 40 miles per gallon. This wouold cut down the use of oil and stop drilling in nature preserves.

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An international law should be passed that requires all car manifacturers to make cars that have a fuel efficiency of at least 40 miles per gallon. This wouold cut down the use of oil and stop drilling in nature preserves.

Please show your support by approving this.

This has been done already

In NS?

Being a moral nation, the Republic of Ithuania will not tell its citizens how they are and are not allowed to design and build their products.

We have approved this resolution and will vote for it if it reaches the floor.

Tee Hee is in violation of UN resolution restricting weights and measures of UN nations to the Metric System. Therefore this proposal is in contravention of the UN charter by using Imperial as a form of gasoline measurement as a UN regulation:

Metric System
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.


Category: Free Trade Strength: Strong Proposed by: Wortham
Description: Science has already coverted over to the far superior metric system from all other localized forms of measurement. I propose that all countries within the United Nations be converted to the Metric standard. This would include all official research, roadways, and labeling. This would breakdown barriers in sharing of research and in the international marketplace. Tourism would also be benifited from the common standard. This proposal would mainly help countries of poor economic standing, whereas the common standard would improve their ability to compete in the international market place. Science would also benifit from a unifide standard to taught in public schools, no conversions would need to be made.

Votes For: 8629

Votes Against: 5227

Implemented: Mon Jul 28 2003


As to concerns about fuel economy, there have been 2 resolutions already enacted that require the study of hydrogen/alternative fuels. This limit of fuel consumption is simply redundent....and frankly, doesnt make any sense; you cannot set fuel limits on machines like tractors, combines, buses and the like. Nice try, and well meaning, but hopelessly naive.

The previous resolutions re: altenate fuels

Alternative Fuels
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.


Category: Environmental Industry Affected: Automobile Manufacturing Proposed by: Judaicland
Description: Whereas: Fossil fuels currently in use cause great pollution to our environment. Air pollution kills wildlife, adversely affects all nations’ populations, and is in fact a general nuisance. Despite the virtual elimination of the use of CFCs the ozone layers continues to evaporate due in large part to the continued use of environmentally damaging toxins such as fossil fuels. If the destruction of the ozone layer continues global warming will become an issue even if it isn’t as of now. Whereas: Fossil fuels are controlled by a select few nations who by chance possess them in large quantities. This fact enables these nations to act upon a unique and potentially disastrous opportunity to wreak havoc on the world’s economy for their own benefit. Whereas: Fossil fuels are in danger of becoming as extinct as the creatures that left them. Reserves are already becoming depleted and when the supply does run out the world will come to a halt and be thrust back into another stone age complete with utter chaos. In fact history has shown that deposits are finite. For example, until shortly after World War II Romania was one the largest producers of oil in the world and is now virtually dry. Whereas: Alternative fuels such as hydrogen are clean with virtually no environmental side effects. Alternative fuels can be developed by any nation with the economy to do so and in fact even small nations with small economies can contribute due to the fact that they will only need as much to supply their population. Alternative fuels will also be cheaper and easier to produce so that a strong economy cannot control the entire energy market. The development of alternative fuels would avert the impending disaster and be a stable source of energy for possibly an infinite period of time. For these reasons it is proposed that this United Nations put into place a resolution requiring automobile manufacturers to spend a minimum of 1% of their profits toward alternative fuel research so that alternative fuels will proved a viable alternative to fossil fuels.

Votes For: 13423

Votes Against: 3386

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Hydrogen Powered Vehicles
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.


Category: Environmental Industry Affected: Automobile Manufacturing Proposed by: Kibombwe
Description: We, the people of Kibombwe, propose that every nation should start developing hydrogen powered cars. We have polluted the air for too long -- it needs to stop. By passing this resolution we will be able to accompish these three things. 1. Less acid rain. Acid rain a problem that we feel should be stopped. It is especially a problem in the Northeast corner of the U.S.A. The Northeast is a place rich in historical buildings which acid rain damages. We passed a "PROTECT HISTORICAL SITES." This would only furthermore protect historical sites. 2. We wouldn't have to use as much oil. Oil is a nonrenewable resource that we only have so much of. By passing this resolution we would only prolong the time that we have oil on earth. 3. We would have cleaner air. Does anyone remember the days when "fresh air" was actually fresh? When it was a pure thing, without chemicals and other junk mixing in the air. With cleaner air, everyone would live longer, happier lives. I hope that anyone and everyone who reads this agrees with us. PLEASE MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE!!!

Votes For: 12533

Votes Against: 3280

Implemented: Mon Jun 16 2003

We have banned personal motorized vehicles.

All public transport, and vehicles for industrial use including shipping and freight, are powered by methane derived from mastodon dung.

As long as we can grow enough kudzu to feed the pachyderms, we will face no energy shortage.

We have banned cars so pollution from car exhausts is none existant in Tee Hee but we are worried about the world as a whole, oil drilling effects nature as well as polluting the world, also the product (oil) is used in ways that pollute the world. Cars having a limit on how much fuel needs to be used would cut down on the amount of oil used.

... pollution from car exhausts is none existant in Tee Hee but we are worried about the world as a whole, ...
No thanks, Nanny State Tee Hee. We can make our own laws. We don't need your idea of morality legislated upon our free peoples.

As it happens, we may well adopt similar laws. But it will be OUR choice.

Zoltansk is right, your units are supposed to be in metric. But if you insist on using outdated weights and measures like miles and gallons, could you at least tell us which miles and which gallons you're using? One man's 40mpg is another man's 32mpg...

While gallons are indeed different between the UK and the US, sad to say, I've never heard of any nation having a different definition of the length of a mile. Surely a mile is 5,280 feet no matter where you live?

No, miles aren't standard either. We use what are commonly called nautical miles in my country. One mile, 5280 ft mile, is only .86897 miles to us.