"The rules require oil refineries, beginning in 2017, to strip sulfur from gasoline, because sulfur interferes with the ability of an engine's catalytic converter to remove tailpipe emissions. Advocates, including environmentalists, public health officials and automakers, welcomed the news, but the U.S. oil industry said the rules will increase its costs and gasoline prices.
"These standards are a win for public health, a win for our environment and a win for our pocketbooks," EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said in the announcement. Her agency estimates they will help avoid up to 2,000 premature deaths each year and 50,000 cases of respiratory ailments in children, saving $6.7 billion to $19 billion annually in health care costs.
"Once fully implemented in 2025, it says they'll add $72 to a car's sticker price and two-thirds of a penny to per-gallon gasoline costs."
I'll bet it's more. When they reduced the allowable S in Diesel, prices went up by at least dimes/gal.
I gave the Dodge Ram Diesel to the Ex, LOL! Sucker. ;)
Before low sulfur diesel, it was about the same price as regular gas. After it was up to $0.50 MORE per gallon.
Ranking second in cost was the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards, which the agency calculates will cost automakers and consumers some $1.5 billion annually. This rule imposes more stringent vehicle emissions standards to reduce methane emissions by 80 percent, decrease particulate emissions by 70 percent, and further limit the sulfur content of gasoline. A variety of studies have calculated much higher costs for the rule, including an estimate prepared for the American Petroleum Institute by the consulting firm Baker & O’Brien Inc., of $2.4 billion annually.