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1- GM, Ford, Chrysler lobby congress to enact the strictest NOX limits in the world. While at the same time having lenient limits on other exhaust fumes killing
by shaqbert 10y ago
1- GM, Ford, Chrysler lobby congress to enact the strictest NOX limits in the world. While at the same time having lenient limits on other exhaust fumes killing thousands of people every year, so that we can continue our gas guzzling SUV and Pickup truck craze.
2- VW faced wtih dilemma. Stop selling diesels altogether, or go rogue and yolo your way through emission tests.
3- Get caught and fined.
Well played, GM, Ford, and Chrysler. GM, Ford, and Chrysler were behind in Diesel tech, so this as a great defensive move to thwart Japanase and European automotive competition.
Moral of the story is: You need good lobbyists if you wanna be successful here.
- shaqbert 10y agoIn the meantime, some smart scientist notice that the exhaust from fracking is pretty poisonous and sometimes even radioactive... (lots of fracking wells release more radioactivity than highly regulated nuclear power plants). Thank god the big oil lobby massages congress to enact legislation that naturally bound pollution released through fracking/digging/drilling does not count.
- CodeWriter23 10y agoLet's not forget the emissions domestic car makers get a free pass on for their gasoline burning vehicles: benzene, toluene, other VOCs, SO2, O3.
- bogomipz 10y agoThat is pure conspiracy theory. Please provide evidence of such lobbying and refute me. Until then its conspiracy theory. Do you know that Volkswagen has a plant in Chatanooga, TN that employs many American and that Ford Motor Company has a plant in Cologne, Germany that employs many Germans right? It's not the 1970s any more. Nobody is trying shut anyone out of the American market.