Jerry Brown: Bring back those old-fashioned floor vents and triangular vent windows and save fuel!

“now I have to have the air conditioning turned on in three seasons.”

Why can’t you simply turn off the A/C compressor while you run the fan in order to send air through the dash vents? On a modern vehicle, that gives you as much air as you could possibly want, with the added advantages of no wind noise and the filtering provided by the HVAC’s cabin air filter.