With Gas Prices Rising, Smog Rules May Stall

Wall Street Journal ^ | March 18, 2012 | By Tennile Tracy

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The Obama administration, facing political heat over high gasoline prices, may delay new rules that would cut pollution from cars but also could bring higher prices at the pump, environmental and industry leaders said.

The rules would require refiners to make cleaner-burning gasoline and auto makers to build cars that emit fewer smog-forming pollutants. The Environmental Protection Agency was scheduled to roll out the rules before April, but it hasn't yet submitted them for White House review.

"We expect that timing will begin to slip, perhaps for political considerations" said American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard.

The new standards are known as Tier 3, following the Clinton administration's adoption of Tier 2 standards in 1999.

An EPA spokeswoman declined to confirm whether there would be a delay, saying only that the agency "continues to develop the Tier 3 vehicle and fuel standards" and is "engaging diverse stakeholders as part of that process."

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

[Army Air Corps]

"engaging diverse stakeholders as part of that process."

Federal desk jockey lingo for "we are telling various industries just how much we shall screw them."

[Army Air Corps]

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[Dark Wing]

FYI

[Aglooka]

They want high gas prices to “nudge” people away from driving. Once driving is expensive people will move into the large, crowded, “planned” urban communities that the eco-socialists desire be mandatory for everyone but themselves.

[Aglooka]

Yeah, seriously. Like they even care about hurting the people they regulate. In fact they are proud of it.

[okie01]

Once driving is expensive people will move into the large, crowded, “planned” urban communities that the eco-socialists desire be mandatory for everyone but themselves.

Utopia is full of high-rise apartment projects, with public transportation to serve the masses that live within them.

The elite, on the other hand, have their dachas in the woods, with their limousines and drivers.

It's great living in a "planned environment" -- so long as you're one of the "planners".

[Loyal Sedition]

Delayed?
The silver lining to the dark cloud these eco-zealots represent!

Once enough of the sheep have been “Re-educated” and penned up in cities, I fear the next step will be reformulating what passes for “Gasoline” to make it useless in all cars manufactured prior to the latest standards.

See the pending “E-15” for an example.

Making your own fuel is already illegal, look up the snitch numbers for your state if you need proof.
Often done under the guise of catching tax cheats, particularly for those who make “Vegetable Diesel” at home.
Veggie Diesel is the primary target as it is one of the few fuels that CAN be home brewed.
Make alcohol for fuel and ATF is likely to show up, at night, with guns drawn.

Time to remove these “Green” (RED!) bastards from power, NOW!

[Nachum]

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