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Originally Posted by KateSanders
They must really be getting desperate in their attempts to scare people with the liberal media if they are starting to jump to crazy conclusions like this now.
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I wish it was desperation. No,
they really are managing to impose Satan's will upon America:
President Obama announced Tuesday that the government will tighten fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, part of an ongoing effort to use his executive authority to address climate change and spur domestic manufacturing...
“Don’t make small plans; make big plans,” the president told a crowd of about 275 people, including environmental leaders and trucking industry officials. “And anybody who had dire predictions for the auto industry, said we couldn’t do it, manufacturers couldn’t bring jobs back to America — every time they say that, they’re proven wrong. Every time somebody says you can’t grow the economy while bringing down pollution, it’s turned out they’ve been wrong.”
This is the second time Obama has mandated a cut in fuel consumption and carbon emissions from medium- and heavy-duty trucks, a category that includes large pickup trucks, school buses [he's targeting your CHILDREN!] and 18-wheel tractor-trailers.
An earlier rule, finalized in September 2011, [coincidence???] improved the fleet’s fuel efficiency by 9 percent to 23 percent, with the largest trucks showing the most improvement. The Obama administration estimates that those standards, which applied to the model years 2014 through 2018, cost the industry $8 billion but will save truck users $50 billion in fuel costs over the lifetimes of the vehicles.
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...many truck suppliers have embraced the idea of reducing carbon emissions.
Phil Byrd, chairman of American Trucking Associations, said in an interview that he spoke to engine manufacturers and that “they are very upbeat” about their ability to make additional improvements in fuel efficiency....
Byrd, who met with Obama before the speech, said the president “assured us we would continue to have a voice in this process.”
S. William Becker, executive director of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies, wrote in an e-mail that “the juxtaposition between the positions of the motor vehicle and power sectors on the president’s climate action plan is startling.”
GOD HATES TRUCKERS! Bunch of buttcrack-showing, trucker-bomb littering, truckstop-infesting, road-clogging ISLAMOFASCISSTS!
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Typical trucker, with his harem.
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