Believe it or not, the agency laid the groundwork for this nonsense last year and wants the change over or transition to begin in 3 years.
The Biden administration has approved the strictest-ever limits on greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty trucks. Public health and environmental advocates are celebrating the move as a boost to zero-emission trucks, while some trucking organizations are criticizing it as unfeasible given current infrastructure.
The standards cover a wide array of vehicles, from city buses and box trucks to garbage trucks and 18-wheelers. The rules apply to manufacturers, and while it's up to manufacturers to choose how to comply, they are widely expected to lean heavily on battery-powered vehicles.
Combined with separate Environmental Protection Agency rules restricting other pollutants from heavy trucks, the slate of rules — for model years 2027 through 2032 — are meant to address both carbon emissions that drive climate change and the soot and smog that directly harms human health.
The entire document itself is nearly 1,200 pages long and it is obviously like that for a reason. The EPA has to approve the regulations in order to find out what's in them. In other words, the agency will try to sneak in regulations on things not related to electric vehicles that will make a bad situation worse and ruin many people's lives.
With it's multiple and unworkable environmental rules, at the very least, the Biden administration obviously hopes to regulate every local mom and pop business out of existence. China, in turn, would be able to manufacture electric vehicles in plants located in Mexico and then slingshot electric cars and trucks into the United States.
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