New Fuel Economy Rules are more than meets the eye!

New Fuel Economy Rules are more than meets the eye!

President Obama announced his new plans to force auto manufacturers to make revolutionary fuel economy improvements.

The new fuel economy standards are more than meets the eye. I'm so unhappy about this sudden change and the mafia tactics of pressuring the auto industry to stand there smiling like puppets while President Obama makes statements that mean more than just higher fuel economy, lower greenhouse gas emissions and greener cars.

Just to state the facts first:
• President Obama has raised the CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards to unified national standard of 35.5 mpg by 2016.
• Cars must achieve 39 MPG.
• Trucks must get 30 MPG.
• Currently, the DOT (Department Of Transportation) manages fuel economy, and the EPA
(Environmental Protection Agency) deals with emissions - now they are working together on the auto industry.
• California, under the Clean Air Act wants all 50 states to use the more stringent rules. This
could create a situation where car makers have to deal with rules from three agencies.
• The CAFE standards will increase by five percent each year, building on the 2011 standard, until we get to 2016. This means an Industry standard of 35.5 mpg by 2016, an average increase of eight mpg per vehicle.
• The Obama Administration has inflicted a body blow to large vehicles by radically ratcheting up federal CAFE, which harms the Detroit automakers more than their foreign competitors. The new global-warming regulations backed by the Administration will destroy millions of jobs and “decrease average household purchasing power" which leads to cutting auto sales and further hurting automakers. The same automakers that stood there smiling as the President made his speech.

Now you have the facts - here a few FALSE statements:
=> "Drivers will recoup the additional cost to buy one of these more-efficient vehicles in three years." This is only true when gasoline is $3.50 per gallon - President Obama, are you telling us something we don't know? Is there a $1 or more per gallon gas tax coming in the New Energy Policy?? Because we all want more taxes - NOT!!

=> "Drivers will, over the life of the vehicle, save $2,800, on average." Obama claims the new rule will save 1.8 billion barrels of oil over the next five years, and is the projected equivalent of taking 58 million vehicles off the road.

=> "We have tested other options to reduce the use of foreign oil and the government and your tax dollars supplemented it": Yes. Hydrogen fuel cell cars and Ethanol - NOW both are being shelved and ethanol production plants in the midwest stand stagnant. Farmers changed their fields to produce more corn and our food prices went through the roof. Has anyone thought of the ramifications of these changes when we have already invested in this technology?

Many other automotive journalists have agreed "there is a HUGE flaw in this plan that will having devastating results on the American car business and American jobs."

• American car companies do produce hybrid and many fuel efficient vehicles, but consumers are NOT buying them.
• Consumers are NOT buying cars for many reasons (and not just American cars), they've lost their jobs, credit is tight, consumer confidence is down - not even Honda, Nissan and Toyota are selling cars like they were. So what would push Americans to buy a car in today's climate?

$4 a gallon gas? MAYBE.
Only if you have good credit, have a secure job, feel confident the economy is growing and you need a new car!

Who's to say that we won't purchase import cars?
Who's to say we want cars built by the government or Congress? I DON'T.

Now that the Automotive Task Force is in charge of Chrysler and GM; many consumers would only buy a Ford or other brands. These companies are building great cars, safe cars and hybrids.

WE ALL WANT HIGH FUEL ECONOMY, LOWER GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS, LESS DEMAND ON FOREIGN OIL AND LOWER GAS PRICES - BUT WHAT IS THE REAL COST? HIGHER TAXES - THAT MANY PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD!

So the writing is on the wall.

If you thought the auto industry was in trouble before, this new program is the final nail in the coffin for them. We need to save American jobs first then we WILL buy more cars!

See more at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zdA2rxqVmk