wish they’d do something about light-duty trucks
Under the proposal, automakers would be required to improve the average mileage of all the passenger vehicles they sell by 2 percent a year for passenger cars, and 4 percent a year for light trucks, between 2027 and 2032.
If implemented, the plan means new autos sold in the United States would achieve an average fuel economy of 58 miles per gallon by 2032. Analysts project that in order for automakers to achieve that average, roughly two-thirds of the new cars they sell by that year would have to be all-electric.
Yes. Tighter controls on big trucks that have no replacements ready. Just fuck our distribution up fam.
Everybody’s excited about electric trucks that would double our electricity demand while we’re doing blackouts to save the grid. Genius.
About ten years ago changes in regulations effectively killed the regular cab, full bed small truck. Those changes are the reasons the only thing I can buy is a giant crew cab monstrosity that I don’t need or want instead of a reasonably sized small truck that I could park in the city when I’m there sometimes.
Hopefully these changes will incentivize the return of the small pickup I would love to own.
“Since the adoption of size-based standards in 2012, new vehicles have been getting larger, and sales have shifted from cars to light trucks. Between 2011 and 2022, the average vehicle footprint (roughly, the area defined by the four wheels) increased by about 4 percent, and the share of cars in total sales dropped from about 65 percent to 40 percent. In the GHG standards that EPA proposed in April this year, the agency notes that the increasing size and shift from cars to trucks has increased average emissions rates by about 10 percent.”
This is about tractor trailers not pickups.
Edit: looks like the idiot moderators think that criticism of unfeasible plans is trolling. They deleted my other comment but I am a truck driver by trade and I know what the industry looks like and it’s not possible right now because there is no feasible alternative.
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US heavy-duty trucks: 417 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) in 2021
Global shipiping (of which about 40% is shipping fossil fuels around, and most of which doesn’t go to or from the US): ~700 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) in 2021
So yeah, this is just a bunch of whataboutism and not a meaningful critique.
Honestly at this point I’m happy to be attacking it anywhere
“But this isn’t perfect, therefore it is useless!”
- Bad Faith Arguemnts
What are you talking about? Cargo ships, despite being significant poluters, are far more efficient than trucks.
It’s necessary to address both sources of pollution, but this is still a big step in the right direction.
