{"id":136394,"date":"2018-05-11T08:29:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T14:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136394"},"modified":"2018-05-11T11:58:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T17:58:06","slug":"trump-meeting-with-automakers-about-how-to-consume-more-gasoline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/11\/trump-meeting-with-automakers-about-how-to-consume-more-gasoline.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump meeting with automakers about how to consume more gasoline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because of course<\/i> he is.<\/p>\n

Though to be fair, it seems that Trump’s plans actually go further than even the automobile manufacturers want. They kind of seem to like<\/i> being able to show increasing fuel efficiency and value for consumers. They just want more time to implement them than the Obama Administration had given them.<\/p>\n

Trump, apparently, wants to freeze the standards (not just delay them), and keep states (California and others who follow their lead) from requiring higher standards. The automakers like that last bit in concept (because a single standard is easier to work with), but are concerned that too hard a push will trigger court cases that will keep them uncertain about the future for an excessive period of time.<\/p>\n

We’ve always been told that businesses don’t like uncertainty. The Trump administration seems determined to give it to them, in the guise of “helping” them.<\/p>\n


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\nTrump to meet with automakers on push to relax efficiency rules<\/a><\/span>
\nAutomaker do not want the administration to freeze the standards, with no future increases.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because of course he is. Though to be fair, it seems that Trump’s plans actually go further than even the automobile manufacturers want. They kind of seem to like being able to show increasing fuel efficiency and value for consumers. They just want more time to implement them than the Obama Administration had given them. … Continue reading “Trump meeting with automakers about how to consume more gasoline”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,35,5,748,63,1071],"tags":[1598,1533,1077],"class_list":["post-136394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-big-business","category-cars","category-weather-and-climate-change","category-environment","category-trump","tag-cafe","tag-mpg","tag-trump"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cars-on-highway.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132082,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/21\/us-auto-makers-no-we-cant.html","url_meta":{"origin":136394,"position":0},"title":"US Auto Makers: "No! 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