Oh really!
These are ridiculously high mileage requirements, which would result in many Americans being forced to drive dinky, unsafe vehicles.
IMO, a more legitimate and beneficial goal for the Federal Government would be to come up with a national energy policy that focuses on exploration and production of energy resources, so as to provide a reliable and affordable energy products for the American people. That way, people would be able to afford to purchase the fuel needed for quality and safe to drive vehicles.
I am going to contact both the Trump transition suggestion site and my congress critters, as I am incensed that Obama would try to do this to American drivers and auto makers in the last few days of his term. Here is the Trump suggestion web site link:
https://apply.ptt.gov/yourstory/
The EPA does not make laws.
The real question is: who’s whispering in this worthless piece of crap’s jug ears instructing him to do this?
Screw Obama and his attempts to play to the radical liberal base and control our lives. Another target for Trump to just trash the EPA and clean out the Obama stooges.
Oh really!
I would be curious to hear what Scott Pruitt has to say about this.
“Friday’s action keeps in place pollution reduction targets for the years 2022-2025”
Next Friday’s action will make it all meaningless and a lesson for future generations not to repeat such stupid actions.
As far as I’m concerned the move from leaded to unleaded ruined gas mileage and increased the price dramatically - ethanol just compounds the problem.
This is an easy one. Trump will crush the EPA like a bug. No bureaucracy has this kind of power over a President.
The impending REINS Act will allow Congress to overturn this rule. Obama thinks he’s being clever.
Any rule that imposes $100 million worth of costs upon the economy must receive congressional approval before it can take effect.
Good night midnight regulations.
Obama is like Saddam Hussein’s troops did as they were pushed out of Kuwait in Gulf War I....setting fire to the oil wells in his own petty way.
It’s an impossible goal. But since the democrats hate the freedom of mobility that cars represent, they want the goal to be impossible. Their desire is to rid the world of the automobile.
I certainly wish we could get rid of ethanol - what a horrible idea. Drops mileage by at least 3.5% as ethanol has about 1/3 less energy than gasoline and is 10% of the fuel - but in the real world it is more likely to be 6-10% reduction.
I surely would enjoy seeing Trump reverse this at the Detroit Auto Show, right before he places his order for the first Dodge Demon.
The only four wheel vehicles currently getting 51.4 mpg or better in the U.S. market are electric cars and Toyota’s hydrogen powered Mirai. Hybrids don’t cut it. In order to meet the EPA targets the majority of new cars will have to be electric or hydrogen powered (which actually have electric motors).
Ostupid is daring Trump to undo this so the Dems can use it as a club against him. It is the same with all the other EO and other actions he has taken and will continue to take until he is gone.
The Dems are acting like spoiled brats who are determined to piss in the pool before they are forced too get out.
Trump needs to simply point out that the decision was made in 2 WEEKS after comments were submitted, whereas the normal time is 12 to 16 months.
Based on that, just call it ILLEGAL and require the EPA to revert back to its old standards.
This what happens when stupid people elect stupid politicians who encourage stupid bureaucrats to interfere with free enterprise.
“...a decision that will be difficult for the incoming Trump administration to undo. “
I keep hearing things like this but Congress can legislate away!
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from Obama and the Democrats, it is that you can do whatever you want to do.