Trump to Scrap Biden-era Fuel Economy Rules

Saturday, December 06, 2025

A White House announcement slated for Wednesday marks the administration's latest blow to policies aimed at slashing emissions.

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Trump rolls back Biden-era fuel economy standards, paving way for more gas-powered cars

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Bell,

Corky is saving the world one post at at time.

Or at least he thinks he is.

#1 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2025-12-06 01:04 PM | Reply

Biden
#17 | Posted by BellRinger

Biden has nothing to do with this.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-06 03:39 PM | Reply

"That we may go back to the stone age of propulsion."

Internal combustion engines are steam age technology from the 1800s.

They won't get radically better than they are right now. Because they have already undergone a century of improvement.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-06 03:42 PM | Reply

... Trump to Scrap Biden-era Fuel Economy Rules ...

Pres Trump has to scrap those rules. His assault on the EV industry has made it all but impossible for the automakers to meet the emission requirements of those rules.

Effectively, more air pollution because of Pres Trump's policies.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-06 04:28 PM | Reply

Nuclear power is steam age technology .

LOL.

Nuclear power uses steam to convert nuclear fuel to electricity.

It's not a "steam age technology."

The Steam Age, also known as the Age of Steam, refers to a period of industrialization from roughly 1770 to 1914, characterized by the widespread use of steam power, particularly in engines and locomotives. This technology revolutionized transportation and manufacturing, leading to significant advancements in various industries during the Industrial Revolution.
--AI Summary

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-06 05:12 PM | Reply

- What is internal combustion?
#39 | Posted by sit_goodboy

It's what happens when this poser, er poster tries to think... aka a massive brain fart.

#9 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-06 05:16 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

#42 Good call, Corky.

#10 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-06 05:19 PM | Reply

What is internal combustion?

#39 | POSTED BY SIT_GOODBOY AT 2025-12-06 04:59 PM | FLAG:

"Are you stupid?" "Are you a stupid person?"

"And you're just asking questions because you're a stupid person."

...

You guys are really hardcore stupid.

#40 | POSTED BY SIT_GOODBOY

We are not your google.

Look it up yourself. Or just get to the point. If you actually have one.

#11 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-06 05:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

You need to lighten up. You shouldn't be this angry.

#5 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

I suppose it's quite joyful to be an Orc this year.

But there is a lot to be angry about.

Costs of living going thru the roof. Healthcare costs out of control. A lawless President in denial of reality and bumbling and sleeping thru his own disaster. People dying. Civilians are being killed in cold blood in our names. We are abandoning our allies and our common sense. Gaza is a disaster. The people of Ukraine are being toyed with and left to be killed and ravaged by Putin's hordes. Lives and families are being destroyed.

Not feeling very Joyful and Triumphant yet this holiday season.

#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-06 05:38 PM | Reply

Cars are great and let the arguments continue about the best cars.

I just want to be able to see the freaking lines painted on the road.

Reflectors suck.

Lead paint may have been bad, but when you can't see the lines, we needed an alternative before having a replacement.

#13 | Posted by Petrous at 2025-12-06 06:05 PM | Reply

Roll the CAFE standards back to 1970.

#14 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-12-06 07:09 PM | Reply

@#38 ... Mine rare earths for toxic hazard battery. Charge EV from coal or NG power. Lose energy with each conversion. Clean and efficient! ...

I did not say that EVs were harmless to the environment.

What I did say was that Pres Trump's order will bring more air pollution because it lowers emission standards.

Back in the day (when I was a kid), before cars had emission standards, I remember seeing what we used to call a "ring around the horizon." t was a reddish-gray area near the horizon because of the articulate matter in the air that we were breathing. Also, when a car drove down the street by my house, I could smell the exhaust fumes after a minute or two, as the fumes wafted towards me. Busy streets had a definite ~fragrance~ to them from the exhaust fumes.

So, imo, EVs vs gas combustion engines? I lean towards the latter for now, providing they burn clean.

And that was the point of my #37.

#15 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-06 07:19 PM | Reply

t was a reddish-gray area near the horizon because of the articulate

-- oops --

It was a reddish-gray area near the horizon because of the particulate

#16 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-06 07:44 PM | Reply

Carless societies would be better

#17 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-12-06 07:49 PM | Reply

This is the reason Republicans are Climate Science Deniers.... because their oil company Masters told them to be.

#18 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-06 07:54 PM | Reply

China has no problem with air quality.

#19 | Posted by Petrous at 2025-12-06 08:43 PM | Reply | Funny: 3 | Newsworthy 1

China has no problem with air quality.
#52 | Posted by Petrous

In case you were being serious, and not being sarcastic:

"thousands of factories and power plants in Beijing and its six surrounding provinces will be shuttered in an effort to improve local air quality in time for the parade."
www.thenanfang.com

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-06 09:14 PM | Reply

I've been hearing "the sky is falling" since the 70s. Democrats just like being Chicken Little

#21 | Posted by Maverick at 2025-12-07 01:32 PM | Reply

#54 More like Cassandra, less like Chicken Little.

But, to a citizen of Troy, like you, they were ignored.

Fortunately, there were more people who heard (and heeded) the warnings.

Hence, your ridiculous "the sky is falling" missive.

#22 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-07 01:41 PM | Reply

So, imo, EVs vs gas combustion engines? I lean towards the latter for now, providing they burn clean.

#48 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-06 07:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

If only people were smart enough to combine advances in battery technology, and the power of continually improving combustion engines which have gained 20%-50% thermal efficiency improvements in just the last 20 years. Maybe if they're really smart, they'll make a racing series featuring them. We could call it Formula One.

#23 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-12-07 01:51 PM | Reply

Costs of living going thru the roof. Healthcare costs out of control.

#45 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-06 05:38 PM | Reply | Flag

As if we didn't endure 9+% inflation during the Biden years. You and the rest of the clown brigade didn't really have an issue with it, but at 3% you're crying like a petulant child.

#24 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-12-07 02:30 PM | Reply

I've been hearing "the sky is falling" since the 70s. Democrats just like being Chicken Little
#54 | Posted by Maverick

It's not the sky.

It's the particles falling from the sky.

WASHINGTON, D.C. " The percentage of U.S. adults who report ever being diagnosed with cancer has now reached 9.7% in 2024-2025, a significant increase from the 7.0% Gallup recorded in 2008-2009.
news.gallup.com

Particulate matter air pollution as a cause of lung cancer: epidemiological and experimental evidence
a comprehensive nationwide 26-year study demonstrated that even in the absence of tobacco exposure, long-term exposure to PM2.5 significantly elevated the risk of lung cancer, which was consistent across genders, age groups, and education levels
www.nature.com

#25 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-07 02:37 PM | Reply

As if we didn't endure 9+% inflation during the Biden years. You and the rest of the clown brigade didn't really have an issue with it, but at 3% you're crying like a petulant child.

#57 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Sure liar.

The "official" number (not verifiable by two independent reliable sources) might be 3%, but if your rent jumps 10% and food costs rise 20%, and your healthcare costs increase 100%, the "real" squeeze on your budget is far greater, as Trumpy's CPI (who even knows if it is real?) doesn't always capture the full impact on consumers.

#26 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-07 02:48 PM | Reply

"As if we didn't endure 9+% inflation during the Biden years."

And?

My 401k experienced about 100% inflation during the Biden years.

#27 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-07 02:50 PM | Reply

" 9+% inflation during the Biden years"

A few things about that:

Your claimed rate is clearly cherry-picked. The two worst COVID years had inflation at 7% and 6.5%.

I've read several economists who believe the third stimulus wasn't needed. After the first two, and PPP, we had almost reinjected more money into the economy than COVID had taken out. The third stimulus moved the total to MORE than was lost to COVID...which is inflationary.

Trump campaigned on a third stimulus of $2,000. Biden's stimulus was $1,400 instead. So as bad as inflation was, inflation would've been worse under Trump, since he wanted a stimulus 42% larger.

Ultimately, the US economy's inflation fell further, faster than any other G7 country. By the end of Biden's term, the US economy was widely considered "the envy of the world".

Then came Trump, with his "Trillions" brought in from tariffs, and promise to bring down some Rx prices "1,500 percent".

#28 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-12-07 03:03 PM | Reply

Unlike the decomposing orange pedo, Biden isn't in the Trumpstein files.

#29 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-07 05:13 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Just proves he's planning a takeover of Venezuela

#30 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-12-08 09:54 AM | Reply