Yeah, but car makers will still adhere to the intentional standard, since the intentional market is what they can profit from the most
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Fuel efficiency—the measurement for getting more mileage out of the same amount of gasoline. Congratulations, MAGA voters, you played yourself! When you pick up that new pile of trash made by Ford or Stellantis (and I know you will because they're AMERICAN* cars), I hope you enjoy the higher gas expenses that you voted for.
* With the extra irony being that many of those "American" brands are owned by Stellantis, which isn't even headquartered anywhere in North America.
They already played themselves by picking the 'American' vehicles. They are all trash and hard to work on.
The Japanese ones are really the only ones built for longevity and ease of maintenance.
Shame SAAB went away. No one beat them on longevity. Volvo comes close, but even they don't have hundreds of cars with 2,000,000 miles on the odometer. SAAB hasn't made a car since 2011 and keeps adding cars to the list.
My buddy has a Volvo and had to spend $200 to replace one of his headlight hubs because it got rainwater in it.
They made it to where you have to hook it up to a Volvo computer because it needs proprietary software to set up with the rest of the car. None of the local mechanics would even touch it and all told us the same reason why.
This is what you voted for protest-non-voters.
No candidate is owed your vote, no matter what, no matter who the opposition is. Earn the vote. Dems did this just as much as trump is doing it.
Same energy as that guy getting mad at costco for sueing the trump admin.
Not even in the slightest. Fuck Trump, but fuck the Dems for doing absolutely nothing and expecting everyone's vote. Every election is the same since Obama
So Obama put these in place, Trump undid them. Biden puts similar in place, Trump undoes them. There sure seems to a lot of undoing for nothing ever being done. There are a lot of shitty Democrats, the U.S. leans far right, but "democrats do nothing" is the shield Trumpers hide behind every day.
If you think every election has just been the same "since Obama", then I'm afraid you've got a narrow view of history. Shit choices in this deeply fucked up country have been part of the electoral system from the start. People have always lamented that neither party gives them a good choice
Not participating hasn't worked to make things better, though. In fact, those in power try to get people not to participate as much as possible. Politicians go after reliable voting blocks, not people who wilt when faced with a morally complex choice. When the Left doesn't show up, they go to the right: because xenophobic assholes sure as hell vote.
And yes: this is all why I agree that electoral politics is terrible. We need direct action, parallel power structures, etc. We need better voting systems and representation, and there are problems so systemic that we need to go beyond reform.
TLDR: Voting isn't going to save us, but not voting may doom us.
Not when the choices are get fucked in the ass dry or with lube. You're fucked either way. Doesn't matter.
Biden: Puts in fuel efficiency standards.
You: Nope.
I mean there is literally no other way to describe the sitaution.
This isn't about Biden, it's about the Dems giving us shitty candidates that no one likes and expecting us to just suck it up. They shafted Bernie, and they'll shaft any other true progressive dem for another neolib shill. That doesn't change if people continue voting for them. End of discussion.
While Harris didn't explicitly say it, it was obvious she would continue on climate issues.
And are you even reading what the article is about? Because it seems like you're avoiding it. The article is literally about the fuel efficiency standards that Biden put in, and you are dead set on ignoring that. So I guess it bears repeating: Trump repealing Biden's fuel efficiency standards is what you voted for.
Again, not even talking about the article. The comment is blaming the people who refused to vote for a shit candidate, and you all completely refuse to see the faults of your party. Sure they're better than Republicans, but not by much. Neither party gives a shit about you. This isn't the fault of non voters, it's the fault of the system that's currently in place and it doesn't matter whose in charge, if the rich want it, they're gonna get it. Trump wouldn't be doing this if it didn't benefit his backers. Same way the Dems would.
This isn't the fault of non voters
Yes it is. I hope the consequences of your actions hurt you more than the average person which you also hurt.
White liberals try not to blame POC for their own short comings, challenge impossible. Considering Biden already genocided my people, the worst of it's over now. At least the killing has drastically slowed down under trump. Biden would just send more weapons to Israel so y'all can fuck right off. Me on the other hand, I'm doing completely fine, my life hasn't changed one bit since the election. Hope this helps.
I pegged you all wrong. I thought you were accidentally a trump supporter. My bad.
Typical liberal lmao. Someone doesn't agree with you and all of a sudden they have to agree with the other side. This is exactly the thinking that gets you shitty nominees and trump as president. But keep blaming others for your failures.
Nobody who is saying that to you is refusing to see the faults in Democrats. That's not what's happening.
You: They need to give appealing positions on issues!
Them: Here's the positions.
You: It's not about the positions!!
Do you realize the insanity of this? You've basically repeated this 3 times now, ducking and weaving every time. Now it's b b bboth sides same, to which I point you to the article again. Like how is this possible for you to keep saying this.
You: Both sides same!!
Me: Read the article or even the headline to see how that's not the case.
You: No! Both sides same!
No wonder you won't acknowledge the positions, the issues being discussed, or the policies literally being overturned.
Lastly, I am informing protest-non-voters what they voted for
Since that's all you people hear, here it is again, both sides same.
I mean how else is "Neither party gives a shit about you" supposed to be interpretted?To which I am sending you to the article.
So it played out exactly like I said.
You: Both sides same!
Me: See the article.
You; No! Both sides same!
You clearly don't read. This wasn't about the article. It's about Dems blaming everyone but themselves for their own failures. Which is all you people do. Enjoy being magalite
This is literally about the article. How you think the article and a thread about the article and all the comments about the article is in fact not about the article is beyond me. You simply don't want to acknowledge the article and the discussion about the article or the facts of the article or the positions of the article because it works against you. So you ignore the article and the facts of the article and the comments of the article and try to divert the discussion of the article to anything but the article.
And again: I am informing protest-non-voters what they voted for. You know, Trump overturning fuel efficiency because that s what the article and the entire thread is about.
Makes plenty of sense when you rationalize being a closet bigot like all Dems are. "Vote for us so you don't get deported, but if you don't vote for us I hope you get deported" type of mentality. The fact that you lot can't see this is hysterical. Enjoy your monarchy though.
See? You are trying to divert the discussion about the article to anything but the article. You really want to get this off topic to anything else you can because the facts work against you.
You owed yourself and your future not to do such a moronic thing as what you implied you actually did. Great job. I'm sure future generations will understand.
So the plan is to sell inbred rednecks thirstier trucks, while gasoline demand is decreasing and will become a niche product in a decade.
Enjoy your $300 fillups boys.
And after buying inefficient vehicles, they'll complain loudly about the price of fuel
National standards might change, but I’m betting California and some other states will still hold car manufacturers to a higher standard.
Great, another way to give oil companies more money and still ignoring the cost of living crisis we are all struggling to deal with.
Another GOP idea that will hurt us way more than it will help.
Another GOP idea that will hurt us way more than it will help.
It'll help. It'll even be pleasant for the rich donors. The filthy plebiscite deserves to eat the shit it wallows in because the rich have all the money.
-The corrupt politicians fucking us over.
Why the fuck is the president rolling back or setting any regulation? That’s what congress is for. Also, for example, they are supposedly handling tariffs and upholding the constitution. Their duties include impeaching and removing from office presidents that violate their oaths and the constitution.
Yes I know we’re in this mess due to the combo of an evil fascist president and a weak corrupt congress. And decades of congress allowing presidential power to escalate.
"I want to destroy the world quicker because think of all the shareholder value we can create along the way"
Its really fucked up man. I'm not a communist at all but I start to understand why people would want to go the complete opposite way of this system.
Its basically "I don't give a fuck how many people die or even if we destroy the entire world in the process I just want to generate more money for the people at the 'top'" and its really sad.
There's absolutely no reason to do this, other than generate more money at the expense of the citizens and the entire planet.
I'm sure this won't be good but CAFE standards were garbage and resulted in all the giant trucks we see to day so fuck em.
Trumps got to keep those angry older white guys driving lifted blacked out trucks with a sticker of a little kid peeing on something happy.
Anyone remember how EVs were totally going to take over by 2030?
Is it a good idea with TACO to wait and see if it actually makes it into the law? (TACO=Trump Always Chickens Out)
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