Obama ready to let states decide emissions standards
California set to receive EPA waiverToday, President Obama could make a decision that will have a drastic impact on the types of vehicles that Detroit produces. According to the AP, Obama is ready to "let California and other states set their own tailpipe emission standards — without having to get a waiver from the Environmental Protection Administration, as has been the case."
If California receives the waiver, automakers will have to cut CO2 emissions from autos by 30 percent by 2016, a move that many claim will require the production of, minimally, millions of hybrid cars and electric vehicles just for the state of California. And, with another 14 states having already adopted California's regulations, as goes California, so goes America.
Labels: global warming, Hybrid Vehicles
posted by Dahcredyns at
7:23 AM
3 Comments:
And just how are GM and Chrysler to comply? They have very little product for such a market? How many tens of billions will this cost taxpayers?
I think any automaker that is going to survive into the future needs to be able to make cheap, efficient cars. That's not going to be easy to do, especially at first.
So, yes, it's going to take many billions to assist the Big 3. Either that, or let Toyota and Honda buy them as part of some pre-package bankrupcty and require them to build those cars in America (jobs). Of course, that's pure fantasy.
One of Obama's big mantras was the green investment. So, automakers are going to be part of that green investment, whether they deserve it or not.
America,
You're welcome.
-California
:)
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