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Posted on 04/02/2018 12:23:31 PM PDT by jazusamo
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on Monday formally scrapped a key piece of the Obama administration’s fuel-efficiency standards for cars and light-duty trucks, throwing the future of the program into doubt.
In a statement, Mr. Pruitt said the program, known as the Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE standards, fell victim to politics during the final days of the Obama administration. He said his predecessors at the EPA rushed through rules governing fuel economy for model years 2022 through 2025, and that those rules simply aren’t realistic.
“The Obama Administration’s determination was wrong,” he said. “Obama’s EPA cut the midterm evaluation process short with politically charged expediency, made assumptions about the standards that didn’t comport with reality, and set the standards too high.”
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Boo yah! Notice that the leftists are after Pruitt big time. Now they are whining about some place he rents from some entity or person associated with the “evil” fossil fuel industry. I think all environmental whackos should be banned from using any petroleum products. Let them walk or ride a bike or a horse.
Agreed, the environuts are going to go ballistic.
Fixed.
Good.
FIRST, scrap the freaking EPA rules.
NEXT, SCRAP THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL EPA!
Safety before economy.
Heh.
I remember when the NY Times talked about CAFE standards like tide charts ie they would always happen but they would always change - for the worse in the case of CAFE.
It was a Trojan horse for the elimination of private automobiles, so naturally Orwell’s minions were in favor.
Wow. Stand by for Eco-Nazi head detonations.
Good, they needed to be scrapped.
Like everything the Kenyanesian Usurper did, they were bad for America.
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Before long the only legacy left for Øbama will be BLM.
Great! Now if we could just get the incandescent light bulbs back....
Obama, Traitor, Turncoat, America Hater, & Retard...one and the same!!! Satan awaits him...and Ms. Clinton...too!!!
Absolutely wonderful news.
This alone should get President Trump re-elected.
True believers go ballistic at 6
Awesome news.
We bought a new used car on Saturday. I knew about what I wanted and bought the first one I looked at.
Even though we bought a small SUV, one thing I didn’t really care about was fuel economy.
And I pulled a scam on my kid. I wanted to put about $6,000 down but needed to take the money out of an investment account, which would take a couple days.
My kid owes us $20,000 or so for college. He graduates in May and has an incredibly high paying college job in his field. I told him I needed a signed check and we’d tell him the amount later.
Now, he only owes us $14,000.
He sure didn’t expect that when he came home for Resurrection Day. Hah!
“Let them walk or ride a bike or a horse.”
They wont do it. Because libtards are effing hypocrites. They never do what they say except protest.
Sucks to be one of Obama’s goons.
Any chance we could make Pruitt AG?
lightman wrote:Before long the only legacy left for Øbama will be BLM.
How much of that is getting funded by some phoney grant from Obama’s DOJ ?
When the rules are unrealistic, you get the VW diesel cheating thing. Even in a fascist regime, companies have to figure out a way to stay in business.
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