Posted on 03/04/2017 4:22:33 AM PST by reaganaut1
The Trump administration is expected to begin rolling back stringent federal regulations on vehicle pollution that contributes to global warming, according to people familiar with the matter, essentially marking a U-turn to efforts to force the American auto industry to produce more electric cars.
The announcement — which is expected as soon as Tuesday and will be made jointly by the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt, and the transportation secretary, Elaine L. Chao — will immediately start to undo one of former President Barack Obama’s most significant environmental legacies.
During the same week, and possibly on the same day, Mr. Trump is expected to direct Mr. Pruitt to begin the more lengthy and legally complex process of dismantling the Clean Power Plan, Mr. Obama’s rules to cut planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants.
The regulatory rollback on vehicle pollution will relax restrictions on tailpipe emissions of carbon dioxide and will not require action by Congress. It will also have a major effect on the United States auto industry.
Under the Obama administration’s vehicle fuel economy standards, American automakers were locked into nearly a decade of trying to design and build ever more sophisticated fuel-efficient vehicles, including electric and hybrid models. The nation’s largest auto companies told Mr. Trump last month that they found those technical requirements too burdensome.
The E.P.A. will also begin legal proceedings to revoke a waiver for California that was allowing the state to enforce the tougher tailpipe standards for its drivers.
On Feb. 21, a coalition of the 17 largest companies that sell cars in the United States sent two letters to Mr. Pruitt, asking him to revisit the tailpipe rules. They said it may be “the single most important decision the E.P.A. has made in recent history.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Missouri gas stations can offer straight premium gasoline, 91 or 93 octane. It’s all I use in my mowers, outboard motors and the like.
Unfortunately, it $.50 to $.65 over 87 oxy.
“Many vehicles are now designed for E85.”
Check the BTU per gallon difference between E85 and gasoline.
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Thanks for posting that site. Looked up my state and found a station in my town that I did not know about.
Be nice to get some horsepower back. Get rid of the useless TPMS as well.
Let the farmers and libtards burn E85.
Now scrap that CAFE garbage while you're at it.
If these vehicle rules curbed global warming, why is there still global warming (according to the DemocRATS)?
His support has nothing to do with the environment - it is about supporting subsidies and payouts for producing ethanol. It’s called vote buying.
Around here, a very small number of stations offer “no ethanol” gasoline. It is usually 10-20 cents per gallon more.
When truly allowed to exist, real “free markets” take away power from politicians. They can’t have that!
As to choice - I agree. Remove the subsidies and price supports, as well as the mandates for Ethanol. Then let the market decide. If people want to burn ethanol - if it makes them feel all warm and fuzzy... then great! It is like those electric and hybrid vehicles - do NOT subsidize the manufacture and sale of them, take away the tax credits for buying them - and let them compete on an even platform. Let consumers decide.
And If I want to buy a big truck with big horsepower that burns a bunch of gas (or diesel) - I should be able to, right off a dealer’s lot - and no manufacturer should be penalized because their “fleet efficiency” isn’t a certain level.
The E.P.A. will also begin legal proceedings to revoke a waiver for California that was allowing the state to enforce the tougher tailpipe standards for its drivers.
This right here is the part that will DEVESTATE the Watermelon crowd. EVERY COMPANY on the Planet Builds their products to the MUCH HIGHER Standards of California. This REMOVES THE INFLUENCE CALIFORNIA has on the Rest of the Country. CARB in California only has the AUTHORITY TO OPERATE because of this Waiver. Once repealed they are OUT OF BUSINESS!!!
Yo, “Shadow Government”... bend over.
The ethanol damages the fuel systems of older cars as well.
Corrected.
Agreed.
very neutral headline. /s
Maybe they’ll stop fostering us, with all of those vehicles whith 18” = 21” wheels, on vehicles that sit so high up, running boards are needed to get in or out of them easily.
The global warming hoax AKA “Climate Guiltism”, is about to be dealt a stunning blow.
OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a giant nuclear furnace that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?
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