Comment on The average car purchased in 2023 emits higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) than its 2013 equivalent. This is due to the large proportion of SUVs in the mix, which tend to be bigger and heavier.

• aniki@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • Steve@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Poorly written regulations with giant gaping loopholes for companies to skirt caused this.

    You really blame the companies for following the law as written?

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    • aniki@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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      • Steve@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Enforcement is also the EPA’s responsibility, not the companies.

        And you can’t enforce the ‘spirit’ of the law. That’s not how laws work. That would be soooo easily abused.

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• grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Regulatory capture brought us to this.

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• theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah, because regulatory capture is inevitable under our system.

  Capitalism is always going to end back here if companies are allowed to grow to the point they can exert political influence

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• girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’d honestly say it’s a bit of both. The regulations affecting this are pretty terrible and allow for the loopholes that are creating the issues we’re seeing today. But from my perspective, reducing these regulations won’t solve the problem. I would argue that we need both incentives and regulations that address this directly. That way, any companies that are still producing larger vehicles just to shirk regulations would be doing it at their own expense and for (hopefully) a niche market that still wants larger vehicles.

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• Heresy_generator@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Because if the EPA's emissions regulations didn't exist car manufacturers would be making cleaner vehicles. /s

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