The other boot just hit the floor (CAFE was the first), and now the competition is getting heated. There's blood in the water, the American auto industry is like a beached whale, floundering in the shallows, gasping its last breath, and the entrenched federal environmental bureaucrats are circling for the kill.
Oh, the attacks will be a mix of subtle "death by a thousand cuts" slices and some sledge-hammer, close in work, but in the end, we'll all feel the pain...
EPA Could Regulate Lawnmowers, Speed Limit » The Foundry
If anyone could possible doubt it, the EPA is a HUGE fan of the Goreacle and Global Warming:
[quote] Speaking of speed limit regulations, the EPA’s proposed rulemaking also notes
on page 324 that “vehicle speed is the single largest operational factor affecting CO2 emissions from large trucks,” and that “every mph increase above 55 mph increases CO2 emissions by more than 1%.” The ANPR puts speed limiters on large trucks on the table as a means of reducing carbon dioxide. [quote]
55 mph limits for everyone!
Ah, the good old days!
Of course, while the left hand is cranking down the speed limits and requiring you throw away every tool you own that runs on gasoline (to be replaced with a baulky pos with some sort of catalytic converter on it that costs 3 times as much), the RIGHT hand is forcing the automakers to crank out messed up little econoboxes and detuned motors in larger cars and trucks that have half the power and twice the headaches!
Lets all sing:
"Time to do the time warp again!"
EPA Warns of Lots of New Regulations 
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