HighFivenWhiteGuy
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I don't think you fully understand the chemistry behind emissions, or the effects of those emissions on both the environment and human health. And before you start denying climate change take a look at what the military is doing, particularly the Coast Guard and Navy. Climate change is officially acknowledged and studied by the military because failure to do so will severely impair U.S. coastal defense facilities and infrastructure. Look up PM 2.5 while you're at it, then ask yourself why burning diesel without any filters or scrubbers might be a bad idea. Also, the EPA is attempting to enforce higher fuel economy and the Trump administration is trying to BLOCK it, so what you are saying is flat out wrong. Higher fuel economy means less diesel and gasoline being purchased, which means less profit for companies who produce those products. Notice anything about who supports most fights against the EPA? A good rule of thumb is to follow the money, and in this case the trail is very clear.The EPA needs to beat it. I wish trump would just abolish them along with the IRS. EPA in most cases is its own worse enemy. Without all these rediculous CAFE Standards and Emissions Requirements vehicles would be getting 30-40% better fuel mileage and still be fairly clean. EPA would rather increase fuel consumption by 40% to reduce emissions 15-20% which is a complete offset if your burning an absorbant amount of fuel to reduce emissions. Some of the cleanest burning vehicles on this earth are race cars at wide open throttle. EPA is slowly ruining gasoline vehicles as they have already destroyed the diesel pickup market with ridiculous emissions requirements, horrendous fuel economy, and their best accomplishment to date is making the Diesel engine completely unreliable.
Another good example are the miners who swear the EPA is the worst thing ever and that government regulation is bad. Then they act shocked when they are dying of black lung disease and silicosis and find out the mining company has known about about the dangers for a hundred years and fought regulation to save money. Again, follow the money.
Back on topic I am getting roughly 21 MPG. That's not too bad considering the EPA combined is 22 and over half of my driving is stop and go.
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