Posted on 03/04/2014 5:23:36 AM PST by TurboZamboni
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is driving ahead with a dramatic reduction in sulfur in gasoline and tailpipe emissions, declaring that cleaner air will save thousands of lives per year at little cost to consumers. Public health groups and automakers cheered the new rules, finalized Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency, with some insisting they could prove to be President Barack Obama's signature environmental accomplishment in his second term. The oil and gas industry, meanwhile, panned the move, calling it gratuitous and accusing the government of grossly underestimating the increased cost at the pump.
"The benefits far outweigh the costs," said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, calling it a win for both consumers and automakers. "These standards will reduce pollution, they'll clean the air we breathe and protect the health of American families."
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So we will have “cleaner air” and China will be giving us more “dirty “ air as it progresses across the Pacific Ocean.
Well this is counter-intuitive. Not the "public health groups", i.e. enviro-nazis... but the automakers.
Surely they know this will mean they'll have to increase the cost of their product, which means fewer people will buy their shiny new more expensive cars and buy older, used vehicles instead.
Seems to me a loss for automakers...
Then it doesn't need the force of law. People will flock to it naturally.
The next GOP President will be long remembered as the man who restarted America.
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