Diesel Brothers
https://www.duramaxforum.com/threads/‘diesel-brothers’-shop-to-pay-850k-for-violating-clean-air-standards.1006062/#post-12265409?utm_source=threadloom&u
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SidecarFlip wrote:
11 pages of postulation. Bottom line is, they broke Federal Law, and got dinged. Laws are written and enforced to 'protect the innocent' They ain't. Oh well.
Probably not the first and won't be the last either.
Didn't you say you were out of here like 10 times already?
Not all laws are written to protect the innocent. Just ask any American of African descent that was alive during the 1960's.
Also, these aren't laws written by congress or the people. Long ago, congress gave the right to make emissions regulation and limits to one entity, the EPA. And just as the FBI abused it power for its own gain under J Edgar Hoover, so has the EPA. Like the sue and settle tactic used by the EPA to make regulations that would not have passed otherwise.
EPA's Secret And Costly 'Sue And Settle' Collusion With Environmental Organizations
Sue and Settle: Regulating Behind Closed Doors
Essentially they collude with special interest environmental groups so that they can fast track regulations or make regulations that would not have otherwise passed all while giving money to the special interest groups who in turn use that money to get people they want elected to make more regulations they want. The harsher they make the regulations, the more people they can sue and the more money they are able to get for these special interest groups. All while bypassing the legislative process taking away the people's right to make their own laws.
So you see, these regulations are not to protect the innocent. If they were, then they would likely mirror the EU's emissions standards with much lower greenhouse gas emissions emitted by gas vehicles. However, they cannot do this because many voters will not like it so they go after diesels since there are less voters in the market and most are commercial so it is easier to enforce and get money out of it. This, in my opinion, is why diesel regulations are much harsher here than the EU, and why direct injected gasoline engine are permitted to emit even more PM than diesels.
