Bush to exempt SUV's from New Standards

[Sgent]

Ok, I didn't post this on LBN because I don't have an internet source yet.

My local news (NBC Affiliate) just announced that Hummers, Suburban's, and similar SUV's are going to be exempted from revised feul regulation standards due to poor sales.


ARGHH!!!!

[Teaser]

1. Of course he is!

Peak Oil!

Global Warming!

What a FORWARD THINKING PRESIDENT.

At this point, I'd be disappointed if President Fuckwad did something un-assholish.

[FtWayneBlue]

2. or rather, poor MPG's! n/t

[donco6]

3. Now what the hell is the point of standards if the . . .

. . . WORST offenders are exempt?

What an idiot.

[Spinzonner]

4. The Arnold Exemption

[Gloria]

5. I hope he gets run over by one of them....

eom

[LiberalUprising]

6. Link here

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050816/ZNYT01/508160355

DETROIT, Aug. 15 - The Bush administration is expected to abandon a proposal to extend fuel economy regulations to include Hummer H2's and other huge sport utility vehicles, auto industry and other officials say.

The proposal was among a number of potential strategies outlined by the administration in 2003 to overhaul mileage requirements for light trucks - sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and minivans. It had been seen by industry officials as likely to be adopted.

But the impact of the tougher requirements would have been borne almost solely by the increasingly troubled domestic auto industry, a concern for the administration.

Its broad plan to overhaul the light-truck mileage rules would change the regulatory system from one using averaged mileage for an automaker's entire annual light-truck output to one that sets up five or six classes, determined by a vehicle's size.

more

[serryjw]

9. Here you go......

-----quote.....
And pickups and SUVs are exempted from the fuel-economy standards that apply to cars, dragging down overall fleet mileage.
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0505/p01s04-usfp.html

*****Funny place to find the truth!

[Mr_Spock]

7. What a fuckin moron

I guess it doesn't matter a heck of a lot either way with these prices for gas, but it's SO republican to help the wealthy instead of the average man.

[Pithy Cherub]

8. Horrid, but in an ironic kharmic moment

the greedy guzzling car manufacturers are going to have some very large inventories anyway. The two for the price of one thing is probably the next gambit.

Still, that exemption was totally unnecessary.

[Ilsa]

10. This is great! With high gas prices and crappy mileage, SUV sales

are doomed. SUV's will be extinct.