You don't have to be smart as a whip to know Americans are fed up with heavy handed auto-mandates. The CARS Act is a great step on the road to Saving Our Cars.
Washington Times (12/6/23) reports: "The House passed legislation Wednesday that would block a proposed Biden administration rule to phase out the sales of new gas-powered cars to fight climate change. The GOP-controlled chamber voted 221-197. While the bill will not advance in the Democratic-led Senate, its passage marked the latest example of some moderate Democrats joining Republicans to combat President Biden’s green energy policies. 'Not only does this mandate display breathtaking government overreach into the auto industry, it’s also unaffordable, unattainable and unrealistic for American consumers,' said Rep. Tim Walberg, Michigan Republican and author of the bill dubbed the CARS Act...Thomas Pyle, president of American Energy Alliance and a founder of Save Our Cars Coalition, argued that using regulations — rather than Congress — 'to pick winners and losers in Washington is an abuse of the law and will do little more than raise costs and reduce our choice in vehicles.' Automakers and dealerships have warned the administration that the proposed timetable for phasing out gas cars is unrealistic because of several factors outside their control, such as the limited nationwide availability of EV chargers, access to critical minerals and consumers’ hesitancy to go green."
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"Politicians who promote green energy and their own short-term self-interests may prefer to ignore basic economic realities, but those economic realities will have their revenge. Eventually, the profligate spending on low-value green energy will collapse under its economic weight, having inflicted much socioeconomic damage."
– Jonathan Lesser,
Manhattan Institute
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