Title : Why I Love To Blog -- Reason #34 -- March 26, 2018
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Why I Love To Blog -- Reason #34 -- March 26, 2018
I'm sure, by now, everyone has seen this story from BloombergPolitics (note: politics, not business):The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that a landmark Obama-era effort to cut vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions is too aggressive and agrees with automakers that the standards should be revised, according to people familiar with the matter.
The agency has completed a draft decision outlining the rationale for easing fuel efficiency regulations for model-year 2022-2025 cars and light trucks, two people said. Bill Wehrum, chief of the agency’s Office of Air and Radiation, plans to meet with environmental regulators in California next week to discuss the draft determination ahead of an April 1 deadline to make it public, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the decision hasn’t been made public.California? The 800-pound tailpipe gorilla:
The California Air Resources Board is troubled by reports of the EPA’s decision.
“California paved the way for a single national program and is fully committed to maintaining it,” [a California regulator] said. “This rumored finding -- if official -- places that program in jeopardy. We feel strongly that weakening the program will waste fuel, increase emissions, and cost consumers more money.”Back on July 19, 2016, almost two years ago, I posted this one-line: The new standards (2022 - 2025) will be hammered out starting in 2018.
And here it is, 2018, and the new standards are being hammered out.
Back to the linked story above.
My "not-ready-for-prime-time" reply to Don who sent me the link (this is one of my really, really poor replies, but it is what it is. I will let the editors clean up the reply later.):
For other posts on CAFE standards, there is tag at the bottom of the blog: CAFE_standards.This will be epic.If California refuses to play along, auto makers will have to make a decision. Either:a) two markets - the California market and the rest of the US; or,b) ignore the California marketUS auto makers won't have the guts to ignore the California market but it would be great to call California's bluff. My hunch is that if automakers refused to meet California's stricter requirements and didn't sell new vehicles there that didn't meet standards, Californians would go nuts; demand their state government relax the standards.
I don't know. But this is going to be an epic battle: the EPA against California.California also has time on its side. California knows that Trump is "one and done." In 2020, a Democratic president, and a new EPA. California can easily drag this out for a couple of years.I really have trouble seeing California blink on on this one.Meanwhile, auto manufacturers are in a tough position. Do they strategize to take advantage of "new" rules, or do they strategize to prepare for California?My hunch: California could compromise by delaying new rules for one or two years, but at the end of the day, I think California holds the better hand -- simply because the state is so far left.It's going to be interesting to watch.
By the way, Trump needs to change the name of the name of the EPA to the "PEA, the Political Environmental Agency."
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