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This will not affect gas prices. The argument is that this would make car prices higher. But so does building SUVs instead of smaller passenger cars like in Eu
by kjksf 7y ago
This will not affect gas prices.
The argument is that this would make car prices higher. But so does building SUVs instead of smaller passenger cars like in Europe, so I'm not that sympathetic to that argument given that emissions also kill people, cause asthma and other issues and contribute to global warming.
If anything, if Trump wins this fight, California might decide to use other means of achieving the same result, like taxing gas more.
- blackflame7000 7y ago"This will not affect gas prices." - Flat out nonsense
- philipkglass 7y agoCeteris paribus, more stringent fuel economy requirements will reduce demand for gasoline without reducing supply. So in the simplest case one would indeed expect a change in gas prices -- downward.
- blackflame7000 7y agoThat’s completely asinine to think California alone can influence global gas prices. Typical progressive thinking looking at the world the way they you want it to be instead of the way it really is. BTW electric cars are still powered by a power plant which is massively inefficient because of transmission loss. There is no such thing, and there never will be, an emission-less car