Be sure to Click LIKE at the bottom of this commentary, and share it everywhere!! By Craig Andresen – The National Patriot – Commentary
Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency announced the new regulations for semi trucks last week and officials say they represent the strongest-ever greenhouse gas emissions standards of their kind. The new rules will kick in beginning in 2026 for model year 2027 vehicles and progressively become more stringent through model year 2032, forcing a larger number of trucks and buses to be zero-emissions in that time frame.
It’s yet another deep bow to the liberal religion of “climate change” as the insane idea is to make long-haul semis carbon zero by 2032 by mandate, but just like the nonsense behind mandating electric cars, there are problems…BIG problems.
Let’s start with the obvious, the cost of the damned things. We’re talking between $250,000 and $500,000 per truck, and most independent truckers simply can’t afford that sort of hit. The most inexpensive electric semis right now are Tesla semis, at around $250,000 each. But there’s a problem with the Tesla trucks, and for that matter, all electric semis…their range.
The only real obstruction to the Keystone XL pipeline now, much to the dismay of those on work release from (environ)mental asylums, is the Dictator, Obama.