The “Toughest Ever” – and Why, by Eric Peters

Bozo is proposing tough new emission standards for emissions that aren’t emissions. From Eric Peters at ericpetersautos.com:

In normal times, practical political considerations act as a brake on ideological considerations. Politicians – in normal times – being restrained by the need to remain politically viable (viz, Slick Willie and his assertions that he didn’t inhale). But we live in abnormal times – evidence in support of that assertion being the fact that ideology now trumps political considerations. 

Viz, the Biden Thing’s determination to double-down on the pushing of electric vehicles that most people – many of whom vote – have made clear they don’t want, as by not buying them. This threatens to bankrupt the car manufacturing industry; Ford and GM have already lost billions trying to sell EVs that most people don’t want and the majority can’t afford, regardless. Declining sales – and disappearing brands – is going to cost tens of thousands of autoworkers their jobs and not just because people aren’t buying the EVs they are making but also because it takes fewer workers to make EVs.

Never mind all that. 

The Thing is “preparing to roll out the toughest ever” so-called “emissions” standards. By which is meant he is preparing to use the regulatory apparat’s arbitrary power to effectively require two-thirds of all new vehicles be electric vehicles by 2032 – which is much less than eight years from now (car manufacturers have to plan ahead as it takes years to design, prototype, test and tool up production for a new vehicle). 

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One response to “The “Toughest Ever” – and Why, by Eric Peters

  1. Gandalf Carlin

    Barry is going for the whole enchilada during the turd term.

    Pension and health insurance companies who used to make autos now have to pay the piper for the pats on the head from mommygov.

    And bless those non Government Motors makers with 200k-300k miles vehicles that have went to the moon and back.

    Many in the rearview and many more to go.

    Let’s Roll.

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