If news of states suing the EPA merely whets your appetite for vehicle-emissions news, here's more: Firstly, a federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit from automakers seeking to prevent Rhode Island from regulating vehicle emissions can go forward. Rhode Island officials are left wondering how their situation is different from a very similar lawsuit in Vermont, which was rejected by a federal judge in September. Secondly, DaimlerChrysler paid a record $30 million fine last year for failing to meet the U.S. government's unambitious fuel-efficiency standards. Thirdly, three German cities, including the capital Berlin, have kickstarted a program aimed at prohibiting high-polluting vehicles from their city centers. And finally, Beijing has introduced cleaner fuel standards in a further attempt to clear its air before the August Olympics. And that's it -- until there's more.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
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Delay And Deny Posted 2:46 pm
02 Jan 2008
Tata's 2,500-dollar compact car to be light and fuel efficient
New Delhi - India's Tata Motors said that its 2,530-dollar automobile, expected to roll off assembly lines by mid-2008, will get 25 kilometres per litre of petrol and be light on its tyres by using more plastic and less bolts, news reports said Wednesday.
[25 kilometers per liter = 58.8036461 miles per gallon]
Of course, that means they have to raise the price of gas to $10 so they'll make the same profit per car.
Right guys?
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Pathos Posted 5:30 pm
02 Jan 2008
For more information about this exciting and incredibly environmentally benevolent piece of news, go here.
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odograph Posted 10:45 pm
02 Jan 2008
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Delay And Deny Posted 1:46 am
03 Jan 2008
Yes, well, but the point is that that one Grist Hand doesn't know that the other Grist Hand is doing. They decry industry for doing X and then praise it for doing Y -- when Y makes X ok.
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Pathos Posted 1:58 pm
03 Jan 2008
No, I mean it, they really won't. :)
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