In the latest reversal of Bush administration policy, President Obama has directed the Environmental Protection Agency to review whether states should be allowed to impose tougher auto emission standards on carmakers. The President also announced that he would issue new fuel-efficiency regulations to cover 2011 model year vehicles as part law enacted in 2007 requiring the auto industry to increase fuel efficiency by 40 percent by 2020.
Didn’t we just sign off on over $15 billion in emergency loans to GM just to keep them afloat? How much do you think it’ll cost Ford and GM to re-tool their production lines to conform to a host of new and differing state emission standards on top of new fuel efficiency requirements?
My favorite line of the article, “Environmental organizations said Obama's approach would help the companies in the long term, forcing them to produce fuel-efficient cars coveted by more consumers.
Exactly how do you force someone to produce a good people supposedly already want?
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The possibility is there although the probability is low for 50 different emission standards. Think libtards, think!
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