The Environmental Protection Agency will move ahead Friday with rules requiring cleaner gasoline and cars nationwide, despite fierce protests from the oil industry and some conservative Democrats, according to several individuals briefed on the matter.
The proposed rules — which had been stuck in regulatory limbo since December 2011 in the face of intense political opposition — would cut the amount of sulfur in U.S. gasoline by two-thirds and impose fleetwide pollution limits on new vehicles by 2017.
The regulation enjoys support from auto companies, state regulators, environmental groups and equipment manufacturers. But oil industry officials and their congressional allies argue the proposed standards would raise gasoline prices and could result in greater carbon dioxide emissions because they will spur additional refining activity.
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Just trying to completely destroy the economy in this country.
ReplyDeleteCome one now, Oil guys. You should know you can't provide facts about what they want. They need good old fashioned cries and pleading for children.
ReplyDeleteThe last time they did this, we ended up with ethanol crap, which wasn't tested enough and has caused some major problems. Yet they keep shoving it down our throats...errrr tanks.
if they want cleaner gasoline, don't mix it with corn alcohol. it lowers efficiency in burning
ReplyDeleteif they want cleaner gasoline, don't mix it with corn alcohol. it lowers efficiency in burning
ReplyDeleteMarch 30, 2013 at 8:27 AM
I was going to say something similar to that. They put that crap on the market and it destroys engines, lowers performance, makes food prices go up, and requires more of it to be bought to get the same results as gas without gets. Whoever thought of that got a really big bonus from their oil company. Increased sales while reducing the amount of gas sold. Brilliant.