EPA mileage madness
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They are also driving up the cost of vehicles to a point that many cannot afford them and it will likely result in people keeping less efficient vehicles longer. I think they are also attacking suburban and rural America trying to push people into crowded cities and push cross country transportation back into 19th century rail travel, with their bullet trains to bankruptcy policies.
We can't get these guys out of office soon enough. They are still living in their fantasy world that created Solyndra and other financial debacles.
The Obama administration announced strict new vehicle fuel-efficiency standards Tuesday, requiring that the U.S. auto fleet average 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, an uncontroversial move that, unlike other administration energy policies, was endorsed by industry and environmentalists alike.
The new rules, announced by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa P. Jackson, expand on existing standards requiring American-made cars and light trucks to average 34.5 mpg by 2016. They will significantly cut U.S. oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by the time they are fully implemented, according to the EPA.
“These fuel standards represent the single most important step we’ve ever taken to reduce our dependence on foreign oil,” President Obama said in a statement.
This second phase of standards, which apply to model years 2017 to 2025, will double the efficiency of the U.S. fleet compared with vehicles manufactured in 2008.
...If it was really about emissions or dependency on foreign oil this would not be how you would approach the problem. We could cut dependency on foreign oil by producing more of our own, but Obama has put restrictions in place that strangle domestic production on federal controlled sites. As for emissions those could be cut in half by switching vehicles to natural gas which is cheaper, abundant, local and produces less pollution. What Obama and his carbon phobic administration are really trying to do is kill the oil and gas business like they are trying to kill the coal business.
They are also driving up the cost of vehicles to a point that many cannot afford them and it will likely result in people keeping less efficient vehicles longer. I think they are also attacking suburban and rural America trying to push people into crowded cities and push cross country transportation back into 19th century rail travel, with their bullet trains to bankruptcy policies.
We can't get these guys out of office soon enough. They are still living in their fantasy world that created Solyndra and other financial debacles.
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