Posted on 03/15/2017 12:57:16 PM PDT by matt04
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, took issue Wednesday with reports that the White House will move away from Obama-era fuel economy emissions standards for model year 2022 to 2025 cars and light trucks, saying it's "the wrong way to go for our security, economy and environment."
The Massachusetts Democrat, who sits on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, spoke out against the proposed rollback shortly before President Donald Trump was expected to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider its conclusion that car makers could meet the strict limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
Contending that gas prices are "the energy bill Americans pay most often," Markey said moving away from the Obama administration's 54.5 miles per gallon standard for future vehicles "means families will end up paying more at the pump."
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The EPA approved the vehicle emission standards in January -- one week before Trump took office and a year ahead of when it was scheduled to complete its review of whether cars and light trucks would be able to comply with those limits, Politico reported.
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You Can Keep Your Nanny State If You Like Your Nanny State!
The rest of us are happy to be free of your grubby paws at last!
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I drive a 2015 Honda Fit EX hatchback that gets 41 mpg on the freeway—on a car that weighs just under 2,600 pounds and has all the modern safety features like multiple airbags, rollover and side impact protection, and no complex hybrid drive system. Proof that technology is outracing the mandates for better fuel economy.
Exactly. And does this senator actually think people are listening to him?
I wish they would roll back some of the others like the one that killed the small pickups like Ranger.
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If fuel economy standards exist, they should be in Ton-Miles per gallon.
That would be a true measure of efficiency.
The present system ignores actual vehicle efficiency.
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Plug-in electric vehicles should also be prohibited in all but the right-most lane of major highways.
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