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"Oil companies are worried that federal incentives and the growing popularity
of electric vehicles will eat into their profits and threaten their
stranglehold over energy consumption. Former President Donald Trump and other
Republican politicians want to exploit consumer and autoworker anxieties about
the transition to zero-emission vehicles to help them win in November.
That’s why both the fossil fuel industry and the GOP are spreading the same lie
that the Biden administration is banning gas cars. This self-serving effort to
deceive voters is shameful, even for those whose peddling of disinformation has
become sadly expected.
At the Republican National Convention, Trump said, “I will end the electric
vehicle mandate on Day 1.”
There is no such mandate. But facts are no obstacle to the former president and
his supporters. Nor have they stopped the fossil fuel industry from spending
millions of dollars in recent months on ads that have aired in Michigan,
Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, Ohio, Montana, Wisconsin and other key
battleground states repeating the lie.
One ad campaign, paid for by the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers
lobbying group, claims that the Biden administration is “rushing to ban new
gas-powered cars” and “force you into an electric vehicle.” It’s not true.
Here are the facts. Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency
finalized new greenhouse gas emissions standards that will force automakers to
ramp up sales of new zero-emission cars and light-duty trucks from about 7% of
vehicles sold last year to more than 67% by 2032. These rules are projected to
provide massive health benefits from cutting air pollution and save consumers
billions in the form of lower fuel and maintenance costs."
Via Lisa Stranger and Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
