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>Making up some macho strawman to attack actually obfuscates the problem and makes discussing solutions more difficult. Blaming the government for getting capt
by jewayne 3y ago
>Making up some macho strawman to attack actually obfuscates the problem and makes discussing solutions more difficult.
Blaming the government for getting captured by industry also obfuscates the problem and makes discussing solutions more difficult. The current (grotesque) CAFE standards went in during the last months of the Bush administration, as a gift to the automakers.
- sickofparadox 3y agoAt the end of the day, the government makes the laws - regardless of any influences upon it. I think we both want the laws to change, we just disagree about what changes are needed. I encourage you to call your representatives, as I have done.
- autoexec 3y agoIt also looks like the solution to the problem isn't to get rid of the regulations, but to change them so that light trucks and giant cars no longer get a break on emissions/fuel economy standards. Revised regulations that incentive smaller cars would solve a lot of problems.
- jewayne 3y ago> Revised regulations that incentive smaller cars would solve a lot of problems. I agree wholeheartedly, but the change in the CAFE standards had another effect that was just as important: it allowed Ford and GM to get out of the market for actual cars (sedans, coupes, and station wagons) almost entirely. Changing back to the CAFE standards from 2007 would probably decimate their current business model, and the political backlash would be severe.
- CRConrad 3y agoIf they could switch from making one kind of vehicle to another they can also switch back again.