Re: Trucker warns Biden admin taking 'extreme' measure to put industry 'out of business'

On 2024-04-19, Leroy N. Soetoro <[email protected]> wrote:
> https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trucker-warns-biden-admin-taking-
> extreme-measure-to-put-industry-out-of-business/ar-BB1leL37
>
> Trucking industry representatives are criticizing the Biden 
> administration’s new greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty 
> vehicles.
>
> The EPA rules, which will progressively mandate higher percentages of 
> zero-emissions trucks through 2032, are aimed at reducing emissions.
>
> However, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association argues the 
> standards do not consider operational challenges faced by truckers.
>
> “This office in the White House is completely not listening to the trucker 
> or the end user or the buyer. They just want to do what the extreme 
> environmentalists want,” Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) board 
> member Lewie Pugh said.
>
> The group noted a lack of charging infrastructure in many areas and higher 
> costs, which could put many small businesses out of business.
> Critics question where the funding will come from given the highway trust 
> fund is already underfunded.
>
> “And what it’s going to do is put lots and lots of truckers out of 
> business.”
>
> “Where are we going to charge them? That’s my first question,” Pugh said. 
> “There was a company in Juliet, Illinois, that was going to put a terminal 
> in for 30 trucks. The city said, ‘you can’t do it. You’re going to use 
> more electricity than the entire city of Juliet, Illinois.'”
>
> Critics also warn of safety risks if battery-powered trucks break down in 
> remote areas during harsh weather.
>
> While the EPA says the rules will avoid billions in climate damages, the 
> trucking industry argues the agency did not adequately consider the 
> perspectives of operators in setting standards they view as unrealistic.
>
> “Our highway trust fund that would pay for stuff like this is already on 
> the brink of going bankrupt. Where is the money going to come from?” Pugh 
> said. “We can’t take care of our infrastructure that we have now, and 
> we’re going to put all this stuff in and then hope it works?”
>
> “[We’re] all saying, there’s no way this is going to work. We can’t do it. 
> They’re concerned about their lives and their livelihood,” Pugh said. 
> “What happens in the wintertime? You get stuck in a snow blizzard along 
> the highway for two or three days and your battery goes, these people 
> could freeze to death and die.”
>

Another Biden policy designed to cripple the USA.
See a pattern here?


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