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Resonosity@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Rollie Williams and Nicole Company from Climate Town on YT talked about this on their podcast a few weeks ago: The Climate Denier’s Playbook.

Car companies, at least domestic ones, are subverting fuel economy rules by making cars “like trucks” due to a loophole in the code about Light Duty vehicles (sedans are, trucks and SUVs kinda aren’t).

It’s the same reason we see bigger and bigger trucks that look like tanks and that you can’t see children from. Those bigger vehicles require bigger engines to move, hence more greenhouse emissions.

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banneryear1868@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It just goes back to H. W. Bush’s statement that “the American way of life is not up for negotiation” in addressing climate change. It’s like everything (that doesn’t threaten profits too much) is up for negotiation, except for the primary driver of the problem.

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PlexSheep@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Iirc, the “light Trucks” is only in US law through, right?

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- Resonosity@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Correct, but companies prefer to minimize costs to maximize profit, so if a large portion of their market changes rules, companies will likely adjust so that their products are all the same for all markets. A similar thing will probably happen with Apple once the USB-C thing goes into effect in the EU, affecting US and other markets.
  
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