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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Aug 1, 2021, 01:54 PM Aug 2021

Biden has historic opportunity to cut pollution with new clean cars rule

"This sucker's quick," President Joe Biden said from the front wheel of a prototype Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck this past spring, exuding the enthusiasm we need to accelerate the transition to electric cars and trucks and cut dangerous carbon pollution from the transportation sector. And, Biden is in the driver's seat in taking the ambitious steps we need to curb dangerous climate pollution.

We are on the verge of a wholesale change in our cars and trucks that will drive down vehicle pollution and spur the economy by saving consumers money and accelerating job creation and innovation in the development of clean car technologies and electrification across the transportation sector.

Car company after car company is promising all makes and models of clean, zero-emission vehicles. The draft bipartisan infrastructure package includes significant investments for the build-out of a national electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

With all of these inputs and the growing consumer interest in electric vehicles now is the time to set the strongest possible standards to improve fuel efficiency and cut dangerous pollution from cars - the largest domestic source of the carbon pollution that fuels climate change.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-has-historic-opportunity-to-cut-pollution-with-new-clean-cars-rule/ar-AAMOziK

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Biden has historic opportunity to cut pollution with new clean cars rule (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 OP
Window dressing w/o enough clean energy IbogaProject Aug 2021 #1

IbogaProject

(2,804 posts)
1. Window dressing w/o enough clean energy
Sun Aug 1, 2021, 08:40 PM
Aug 2021

this is basically window dressing without enough clean energy sources coming online. Yes these cars use about 1/2 to 1/3 the energy as gas cars, but the bulk of our electricity is natural gas fired turbines.

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