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“The car manufacturers knew this was coming. I don’t think you’re going to see them get a lot of heartburn over this.”
—Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, on President Obama’s announcement that his administration is moving toward stricter regulation of auto fuel economy
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Russ Posted 7:38 pm
26 Jan 2009
They refused to give an answer. That is, they answered, "Yes, probably."
Incidentally, the MSM strikes again, in today's NYTimes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/business/27fuel.html?re ...
One concern automakers have with states regulating tailpipe emissions is that keeping up with a hodgepodge of standards would be difficult. They expressed support Monday for the ideal of cutting emissions but want their engineers to be concerned with meeting just one set of requirements nationally.
Mind you, this is not some CEI cadre being quoted regarding this "hodgepodge of standards" lie. Rather, evidently the NYTimes considers that term straight reportage.
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