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Who Benefits From Crappy Air?
President bulls ahead with taking away California’s ability to set it’s own emissions standards, even though nobody including car companies seem to want that. So who does?
The President says it’s consumers who’ll benefit, with the average price of a car dropping by $3,000-$4,000 (he’s been bumping that number up: originally his administration projected a $2340 saving).
But that’s a load of BS. The reason the more polluting cars will be “substantially SAFER” is because with less fuel efficient cars, people will drive less, so they’ll get into fewer accidents, so they’ll pay less for insurance. That’s a big chunk of Trump’s “savings”.
So who really wants that? Not automakers because they’re going to have to make more fuel efficient cars anyway, to continue to compete on the global market. That’s why 4 major automakers already signed onto a deal with California (and a 5th, Mercedes, was apparently ready to join).
Not states: more than a dozen said they’d match California’s rules over Trump’s.
