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White House Proposal Rolls Back Fuel Economy Standards, No Exception For California (npr.org)
The Trump administration has proposed a rollback of Obama-era fuel efficiency and emissions standards, while simultaneously taking aim at California's unique ability to set more stringent rules. From a report: Under the Obama administration, the Environmental Protection Agency called for the fuel economy standards for new vehicles to ratchet up over time. The increasingly strict standards were designed to combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. On Thursday, the EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a new proposed rule that would instead freeze the standards at their 2020 levels for six years. "Cars and trucks are just part of the basic fiber of the American economy and the American experience, so we take what we're doing very, very seriously," Bill Wehrum, EPA assistant administrator, told reporters on Thursday. The agencies say that increasing fuel efficiency requirements contributes to an increase in the cost of new cars and trucks, which may discourage consumers from buying new vehicles. Because newer vehicles have advanced safety features, the administration argues, increasing fuel economy requirements therefore harms highway safety, as well as having economic effects.
If everyone would just buy a Tesla we would solve two problems: Tesla's balance sheet and the emissions problem. Solution: buy a Tesla.
breath of fresh air
And now they're working on fixing that.
So you're smart, affluent, and you drive a Tesla.
You're so awesome. I wish I were you.
First day of my first vacation this year was 800 miles. Yeah, people drive farther than 1 tank of gas.
How DARE you! Don't you know you're supposed to constrain all your activities to within the range of the typical electric vehicle? Or build time into your travel schedule for hours of recharging along the way? You must want puppies to die, don't you! Puppies and baby seals! You monster!
In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Now now...don't argue with him. He's got a damn doctoral position at university and therefore none of your facts and truths matter. His damn doctoral position at university grants him carte blanche to ignore reality and argue fantasy. Because he has a damn doctoral position at university! You'll be condescended to and you'll like it dammit because he has a damn doctoral position at university and don't you forget it buster!
The arrogance of academia never ceases to amaze me.
In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky