Big 3 Petition EPA for CAFE Relief

proxim2020 wrote:

wowens79 wrote:
I think I'm probably like most on this forum, we love to spend time in the outdoors, and we want a clean healthy environment. But, why does our government put all these regulations on our cars, and manufacturers, when plants and cars in China, India, and other countries are kicking out way more pollution than we are.

We've developed tons of pollution controlling processes. We need to demand other countries come up to our standards, and sell the pollution controlling equipment to them.

This would put overseas manufacturers on a more even playing field with us. We can't just keep sending jobs overseas, and burden our manufacturers and our consumers with all these stiffer regulations.

I do think we need to push auto manufacturers to produce clean burning efficient vehicles, but you get to a point where there is little more that can be improved.

We're making advancements, but we still have a long way to go. We still contribute a significant part. When the last study was done, the only country that topped the US in emissions was China. You would need to combine the emissions for all of the countries in the European Union and India to equal our levels.

It's even worse when you look at it on the per capita scale. We completely crush China on that scale. The US produces 17 metric tons per capita while China only produces 7. Out of the top 40 most populous nations in the world, we rank 1st in emissions per capita. You have to clean up your own lawn before you can complain about the neighbor's.