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cropsey, il 61731 | So you guys listen to the "news" rather than the folks in charge of the EPA (Zeldin)? I realize there are EPA folks and other interested parties making press releases and even posting on social media to support their control, but the bottom line is Zeldin asked the epa folks "by what authority do we make these rules?". They didn't have the authority. In previous years congress would defer to the "experts" in the various bureaus to determine regulations. It's the same thing as letting a president write endless executive orders rather than pass legislation. It insulates the folks that want to be continuously elected by giving them deniability (hey, it wasn't me who made that rule). The supreme court struck down the "Chevron Doctrine" that sort of codified the practice of deferring to the experts. Unelected, unaccountable folks will not be making rules for the American citizens.
So, the last thing I heard is that Zeldin is working with epa staff, that are not power hungry or on the green payroll, to roll emissions back to 2009. In 2009 it was determined that the world was ending without immediate action. The world didn't end the climate change folks have been completely wrong so it's time to ditch the emergency. It sounded like Zeldin wanted to have the legislature pass a bill that sets emissions standards. With the paid off bunch we have now (both R and D), it's hard to say what will happen.
There is no doubt some emission standards were useful since the industry wasn't self improving on their own. Fuel injected engines last longer and are more powerful than previous carburated engines and I don't think the US automotive industry would have adopted new engine technologies without pressure to meet standards. Perhaps if the epa dropped the "we're saving the earth" idea and worked on setting reasonable standards, it might be just fine. | |
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Def delete below got me to thinking
