Obama's new rules will transform US auto fleet

apnews.myway.com ^ | May 20, 2009 | TOM KRISHER

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DETROIT (AP) - Some soccer moms will have to give up hulking SUVs. Carpenters will still haul materials around in pickup trucks, but they will cost more. Nearly everybody else will drive smaller cars, and more of them will run on electricity. The higher mileage and emissions standards set by the Obama administration on Tuesday, which begin to take effect in 2012 and are to be achieved by 2016, will transform the American car and truck fleet.

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Already on Tuesday, some drivers were skeptical. Dixie Bishop, who runs a plumbing business in San Antonio that uses vans, worries the new requirements will drive up her costs at a time when customers are cutting back on repairs.

"Are they going to take my horsepower down?" she asked. "I have to be able to carry old water heaters and toilets. It's not beneficial for me to haul one water heater at a time. We need the power to pull these heavy items."

Obama will further destroy small business. It is quite sad.

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ALL YOUR CARS WILL LOOK LIKE THIS

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[Josa]

Electric Cars! And, pray tell, how will we generate the electricity to charge these wonder vehicles? After cap and trade (or some form of carbon tax) triples your electric bill, who will be able to afford to charge the batteries to run that electric vehicle?

[SlowBoat407]

Obama's new rules will transform destroy US auto fleet.

Fixed it.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Highway deaths are going to skyrocket. A not so “smart” car getting creamed by a semi isn’t going to be pretty.

[rightwingextremist1776]

Time to start working on a source for “Grey market” vehicles.....car smuggling is gonna be BIG business...

[stayathomemom]

Don’t dare have more than two children. Carpooling will be impossible. Don’t even think about taking an elderly parent anywhere with his/her wheel chair or walker. They should just stay home and die anyway. Can you tell this upsets me?

[AngelesCrestHighway]

THat’s it! Can someone start a presidential election countdown clock please? I am totally blocking this idiot from conscious thought until then!

[Buckeye McFrog]

and both the industry and GOP surrendered without firing a shot. Pathetic!

[Bringbackthedraft]

A government produced car? Hmmmmm, Lada?, Hugo? Trabat? Oh Yeah!

[TexasCajun]

I love my Chevy 4x4 Duramax Diesel with 125,000 miles.

I'm now angered to have Government Motors associated with GM & Chevrolet brand.

Where are all the Constitionalist???

The Executive Branch should NEVER be involved with Judicial Bankruptcies, EVER!!

Where is Robert Byrd when you need him. ...hospitalized I hear, at age 91.

[mountainlion]

The pollution standsrds have taken the sulpher out of diesel and emissions have reduced fuel mileage in almost half.

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[kromike]

http://obamaclock.org/

[Reagan69]

More deaths = fewer people to cover on socialist healthcare and fewer people who will require social security.

It’s all part of the plan.

[CaptainMorgantown]

I wish they'd substitute "minivan" for "SUV" because this is effectively going to put minivans beyond the reach of a lot of middleclass families. Soccer moms can look forward to driving to games with 3 or 4 kids crammed in the back of a subcompact, and fighting to close a trunk stuffed with all the kids equipment equipment.

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I wish they'd substitute "minivan" for "SUV" because this is effectively going to put minivans beyond the reach of a lot of middleclass families. Soccer moms can look forward to driving to games with 3 or 4 kids crammed in the back of a subcompact, and fighting to close a trunk stuffed with all the kids equipment equipment.

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