Steven Milloy asks that question in a column at FoxNews.com. He quotes studies that found the number of deaths per year attributable to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards range from 1,300 to 3,900. The CAFE standards force auto manufacturers to build lighter cars and trucks in order to achieve the required lower mileage rates. The lighter cars and trucks result in higher numbers of fatalities and injuries from accidents.

The fatality rate from the CAFE standards is higher than the fatality rate among the American military in the Iraq war. Do you see any liberals lining up to protest President Bush’s proposal to increase the CAFE gasoline mileage requirements? Liberals apparently don’t mind if large numbers of Americans die for a cause as long as it is their cause.