Trump’s new head of DOT rips up US fuel efficiency regulations
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Subsidies... make cars unaffordable????!!!!! Between this and yesterday's FCC chief saying monopolies provide lower prices, this entire administration is failing any Econ 101 that's not at Prager U or serving Austrian nonsense.
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But you also have public health care and access to healthier foods.
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I take it you haven’t heard of prosperity theology then? It’s a combination of greed and faith.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology
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Do not apply logic to any of this. These and the many orders to come are about unfettered power and ruling by decree. He’s doing it to show the FF companies that paid him that he’s in fully in charge and he’ll screw them too if they cross him.
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Meanwhile, not only did atmospheric carbon dioxide reach record levels for the last few million years last year, but it also rose by a record amount. Vote for malevolent cretins, get a kalistocratic kleptocracy. And more wild fires and record hurricane and tornado damage while we are about it. Nobody should say that the human race did not eagerly rush towards a fate it actually had the knowledge to avoid. It does not affect me, as I have placed myself in an area where the really bad effects, save incoming Floridians, will only arrive after I am dead, but kind of sucks for the kids and grandkids.
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There are 3 rules for this admin as far as I can see so far.
if it's something Biden did so it must be reversed.
It let's their friends siphon money like true oligarchs
It serves the fetishes of some extreme religious christofascist philosophy.
Pretty much all of this project 2025 and Trump grievance shit falls under one of those.
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When the promise of heaven just isn't enough to draw in new marks.
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I hope the fucking morons that sat on their hands not voting for Harris and then tried to cover their asses with "maybe he will be good for the economy?" are enjoying their $9 eggs, watching their LGBTQ friends fall under figurative and literal crosshairs, and now unwinding the fabric of the United States are pleased with themselves. The Gulf of "America" is going to be on fire in months.
At least the guy that shot United CEO didn't miss. God fucking damnit.
At least the guy that shot United CEO didn't miss. God fucking damnit.
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I’m a parent who’s been buying small starter cars for my kids for the last 6 years including before COVID. So, I’ve been acutely aware of what’s out there in the new/used market for small cars. I don’t think the problem of low priced sedans is mostly to do with the regs. US carmakers have decided to concentrate on bigger vehicles that cost more as they are more profitable. Could Chevy make a small truck like the 70s/80s S10? Sure. The engines that comply are there. We know they make sedans for EU and elsewhere that are efficient enough but there’s not enough profit for them when they can spit out big, ugly SUVs and F150s for sale tens of thousands of dollars more expensive. Then consumers shy away from small cars because they don’t feel safe when everything driving around them is huge. Carmakers know what they’re doing: steering the whole market to bigger, more expensive vehicles.
None of these Trump administration changes is going to change the trajectory much. It’s all theatrics like the Gulf of <insert name>. The large markets outside the US have their own rules and it won’t prevent GM from having to invest in research to meet the regs in those markets. Carmakers also don’t believe that these regulatory retreats will be permanent (only delayed) since Dems could take the White House in 4 years. Heck, the California rules might still be in effect all of Trump’s years since their CARB waver battle be tied up in court for years. Planning for carmakers is much longer than that. The only certainty here is that the other large markets will have tighter rules in place.
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Also reeks of the Catholic Church selling indulgences. You’re right - in the end, modern US Christianity is ALL about money and lip service to Jesus’ teachings
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~77 million americans voted for turning USA into the bastard child of Iran and India.
Roughly 76 million of them are too stupid to understand they will become the US Dalits so no they don't understand what shitting in your own nest means either.
Roughly 76 million of them are too stupid to understand they will become the US Dalits so no they don't understand what shitting in your own nest means either.
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So, I guess we'll also be getting back leaded gasoline, engines with carbs that need constant fiddling, and massive displacements to get paltry HP?
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Its cute you think there will be any copies of the constituition left by 2032..I'm sure the children in power will be forcibly entering all homes and businesses to destroy all copies much sooner than that.
/jokingnotjoking
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I for one am glad we elevated someone who was on MTV's Real World to head the US DoT. Can you imagine the chaos had we gone with someone from a different reality show, like the Apprentice?
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Well now, hang on... [checks notes]... Yes. It seems you are on to something!!
As it turns out, leaded gas had lubrication properties for the valves and upper cylinders, and with increased lubrication an engine becomes more efficient, thus!! QED, bishes!!
You must be a Stable Genius!! Everyone says so!! Can we hire you? We only hire the best people!!
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"They're so old they don't care about the health of the environment."
I'll probably be dead in 20 years, too, but I care about my step kids and their children, too.
I see that the seasoning and perspective that can come with age haven't come to you yet, whippersnapper. Curiously, though, nearsightedness apparently has...
I'll probably be dead in 20 years, too, but I care about my step kids and their children, too.
I see that the seasoning and perspective that can come with age haven't come to you yet, whippersnapper. Curiously, though, nearsightedness apparently has...
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Why are these kinds of decisions being left up to the vicissitudes of whichever brand of administration is in office? We've been dealing with vehicular air pollution for over 50 years at the national level, so this is not a new thing that administrations should get free rein to play with.
Fuel economy standards, purchase of BEVs for government use, phasing out of ICE vehicles, tax incentives for zero-emission vehicles, these are all well-known approaches to reducing pollution that should be enacted into law. Laws are binding and have much more permanence and impact than executive orders that can be reversed on a whim.
Congress needs to start taking back the powers that it has been ceding to the executive branch for the past few decades. The power of the purse, to determine how funds are raised and spent (including tariffs!). The power of setting national policy by writing appropriate laws. The power to declare war (when necessary). And the power of enacting the people's will. These belong to Congress, not the President. Congress needs to start acting like it.
Fuel economy standards, purchase of BEVs for government use, phasing out of ICE vehicles, tax incentives for zero-emission vehicles, these are all well-known approaches to reducing pollution that should be enacted into law. Laws are binding and have much more permanence and impact than executive orders that can be reversed on a whim.
Congress needs to start taking back the powers that it has been ceding to the executive branch for the past few decades. The power of the purse, to determine how funds are raised and spent (including tariffs!). The power of setting national policy by writing appropriate laws. The power to declare war (when necessary). And the power of enacting the people's will. These belong to Congress, not the President. Congress needs to start acting like it.
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Past performance doesn’t necessarily suggest future performance, but since California won over the interstate commerce clause in the case of pork, can’t they slap a $20,000/year registration fee on ICEs produced after a certain date? (Presuming they lose their waiver)
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I don't see car companies going back. They have heavily invested in EVS and factories. If US companies go back they're essentially cooked. They're going to be out competed by Chinese EVS. EVs (in every mode of transport) are moving forward globally so it makes sense to do it in the US too
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Whatever has caused it, there's a massive failure in the current scheme where everyone is incentivized to build massive cars and trucks.
When efficiency is your goal building 3 ton vehicles is assinine.
Of course, in the meantime, it looks like our leaders are going to burn the country down.
When efficiency is your goal building 3 ton vehicles is assinine.
Of course, in the meantime, it looks like our leaders are going to burn the country down.
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When it's below 40 degrees out, you have to pump it a couple times to get it started. But not more than three times or you'll flood it.
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So departments like the Post Office decreasing their fuel costs by using electric vehicles (efficiency) isn't allowed because they need to burn more fuel to increase oil demand so the oil companies have reason to drill more? Got it.
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That’s exactly what the OMB memo says. You can’t buy any new vehicles if they’re zero-emissions.
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I've been putting together a movie watch list to prepare for the rest of my life. So far it's Rollerball (1975) and 12 Monkeys (1995).
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I dont think they have any idea how many electric "vehicles" are used by the military, FAA, etc. Hell, my company commander would tool around on a golf cart
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You would think they would remember the 70s 80s when Japanese car manufactures gained a foothold in the US because their cars were more reliable and fuel efficient.
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I thiink I’m actually angrier at the idiots who stayed home in 2024 but voted for Biden in 2020.
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Which makes his alliance with maker of swasticars kinda awkward.
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