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Obama orders up new mileage standards for big rigs
The Washington Times ^
| February 18, 2014
| Ben Wolfgang
Posted on 02/18/2014 10:32:02 AM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo
Improving gas mileage for these trucks is going to drive down our oil imports even further, Mr. Obama said. That reduces carbon pollution even more, cuts down on businesses fuel costs, which should pay off in lower prices for consumers. So its not just a win-win. Its a win-win-win. I thought the results of fracking were already doing those things and more.
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:39:35 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: DonaldC
None of my cars are nor will they be. Add of plastic. Nor are or will any of my firearms be made of plastic.
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:39:59 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: jazusamo
Under current federal standards, medium and heavy-duty trucks must reduce their fuel consumption by 10 percent to 20 percent by 2018. The presidents new proposal which wont be finalized until 2016 will set even more ambitious goals the trucking industry much achieve in the years after 2018. Maybe he could decree that friction must reduce it's impact on the trucking industry by 10 to 20%
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02/18/2014 10:40:10 AM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: jazusamo; sully777; vigl; Cagey; Abathar; A. Patriot; B Knotts; getsoutalive; muleskinner; ...
Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....
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This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:41:10 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
To: jazusamo
You can also cut down on fuel consumption by ride sharing.
For example you and the wife could take the same jumbo jet to and from your vacation spot. Even more savings can be had by using the same plane for the kids and dog!
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02/18/2014 10:42:06 AM PST
by
GMMC0987
To: jazusamo
President Obama on Tuesday directed his administration to write new rules to improve mileage
WOW !!!!!! I never knew it was that easy to improve mileage
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02/18/2014 10:42:11 AM PST
by
molson209
(Hillary Clinton)
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:42:30 AM PST
by
jazusamo
([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
To: The_Victor
I wonder if this could shift shipping back to rail or bring rail engine designs to trucks.
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:42:39 AM PST
by
DonaldC
(A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
To: DonaldC
CORRECTION
None of my cars are nor will they be made of plastic. Nor are or will any of my firearms be made of plastic.
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:43:13 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: jazusamo
Will this be enforced on trucks from Mexico, just like safety regulations are (not)?
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:43:28 AM PST
by
mrsmel
(One Who Can See)
To: jazusamo
Just limit their weight to 5000 pounds. More trucks and jobs. Its a win win. Woo hoo
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:43:37 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: jazusamo
Sooooo, this guy thinks that with diesel fuel running northward of $4/gal, and rising, the manufacturers need to be ordered to improve fuel economy?
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:44:06 AM PST
by
null and void
(<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
To: Ouderkirk
Or maybe it will move more freight to rail which would help his fellow Big Government crony and hypocritical liberal, Warren Buffett.
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02/18/2014 10:44:10 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: jazusamo
And in other news, Hitler had some exciting changes in store for Germany to be implemented in 1946.
Didn’t happen.
To: Moonman62
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:45:51 AM PST
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marron
To: jazusamo
Does he really believe this s___ ,he’s talking about ?
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:45:57 AM PST
by
piroque
("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
To: Ouderkirk
You’re so right. Our country runs on trucks and the more independents forced out the higher all goods delivered by trucks will be.
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:46:19 AM PST
by
jazusamo
([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
To: jazusamo
I just bought my third diesel a week ago.I loved my previous one but I totaled it...or,to be more accurate,the insurance company totaled it for me (it looked fixable to me).My new oil burner is rated at 45mpg highway and I've seen many reports claiming 50mpg...which is believable because my previous one easily got 39mpg while being rated at 33mpg.
Seems to me that they could improve the mileage of big rigs either by tweeking the engines or the transmissions.
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To: jazusamo
Another utopian, tunnel visioned, knee jerk solution to an imaginary problem by our blunderer-in-chief.
The industry has a private and very real interest in consuming less fuel. It needs no government intervention. But the government wants to intercede anyway.
It’s important to remember, it was the government that re-formulated diesel gas “for the environment” (also knee jerk. See MTBE as another example). The new formula is more expensive, more destructive to the machinery, less efficient and puts more amonia in the atmosphere. It also reduces the potential gas mileage afforded by diesel fueled vehicles. But it does emit less CO2 by a tiny fraction (when compared to the additional fuel that is consumed). What have they accomplished again? Same as usual.
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posted on
02/18/2014 10:47:04 AM PST
by
Tenacious 1
(My whimsical litany of satyric prose and avarice pontification of wisdom demonstrates my concinnity.)
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