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

On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:09:20 -0000 (UTC)
pothead <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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