Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 OLOLOLOLOLOLOLO White House weighs waiving smog rules on gasoline to lower pump price -sources WWW.REUTERS.COM The White House is considering waiving U.S. gasoline environmental rules aimed at reducing summertime smog, hoping the waiver will combat rising pump prices, according to three sources involved in the discussions. Quote The White House is considering waiving U.S. gasoline environmental rules aimed at reducing summertime smog, hoping the waiver will combat rising pump prices, according to three sources involved in the discussions. Refiners and blenders are required to avoid lower-cost components like butane in summer gasoline, but the White House is weighing suspending that rule to help lower fuel costs. The components help elevate gasoline's Reid vapor pressure, or RVP, which contributes to smog at higher levels, particularly in the hot summer months. President Joe Biden's administration has already lifted the requirement for summer sales of E15, a lower-price, high ethanol gasoline. The waiver under consideration would apply to all grades of gasoline, the sources said. No final decision has been made, they said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Nobody will see lower prices because of it. The oil industry will just see it as more profit. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 E15 is shit. Lower air quality is shit. Suck it up buttercups. We keep dragging out this dead dinosaur fuel, time to move the fuck on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, Ominous said: E15 is shit. My favorite part of the E15 nonsense is that IIRC the pennies it saves you at the pump is more than outweighed by the fuel efficiency drop--so pennies less at the pump in exchange for significantly more frequent fill-ups. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Ban trucks and SUV’s 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 26 minutes ago, ManUtdRedDevils said: Ban trucks and SUV’s I wish I could find a car that could fit my 3 kids in car seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 I honestly have no words to describe this notion. None at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 8 minutes ago, Ominous said: I wish I could find a car that could fit my 3 kids in car seats. Minivan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 59 minutes ago, Ominous said: I wish I could find a car that could fit my 3 kids in car seats. It's all in the car seat. I managed to get three Diono seats in the back of an Audi A4 Wagon once upon a time... Then they got bigger and I swore off having to fling a child into the center seat because they were too long and heavy. We've been in a 7 seater SUV since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said: It's all in the car seat. I managed to get three Diono seats in the back of an Audi A4 Wagon once upon a time... Then they got bigger and I swore off having to fling a child into the center seat because they were too long and heavy. We've been in a 7 seater SUV since. I have the narrow diono seats and there is no way to buckle the middle kid in. Once they are out of seats it's back to a sedan or small crossover EV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Jason said: Minivan. Not a car. My explorer gets better mpg than our Honda minivan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Send $300 gas cards to every American and implement a carbon tax targeting top companies to pay for it and tell me that idea doesn't poll well across the spectrum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 16 minutes ago, Chris- said: Send $300 gas cards to every American Just send $300 to every American but call it a gas tax rebate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 27 minutes ago, Ominous said: Not a car. My explorer gets better mpg than our Honda minivan 36mpg average minivan here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 33 minutes ago, Ominous said: I have the narrow diono seats and there is no way to buckle the middle kid in. Once they are out of seats it's back to a sedan or small crossover EV Luckily for me, I'm a tiny dude, so I made it work for like a year. Then my youngest got just big enough that I was literally throwing her into the center seat. After a while of doing that, I just couldn't keep it up. I see there are these tiny all padding and foam 5 point harness seats out there these days. I wonder if they're any good. There pretty inexpensive, but I'd rather not link to them for fear of boosting the SEO of a death trap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 31 minutes ago, Chris- said: Send $300 gas cards to every American and implement a carbon tax targeting top companies to pay for it and tell me that idea doesn't poll well across the spectrum. I saw the word tax in there somewhere, BOO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: I saw the word tax in there somewhere, BOO But it comes with a tiny American flag! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, Jason said: But it comes with a tiny American flag! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 The gas price hike and the immediate reaction to it has really given the game away that basically nobody in a position of power actually takes climate change seriously. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 56 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: 36mpg average minivan here Is that the Sienna? It's a unique looking van. I refuse to have 2 vans. One is enough. This Honda we have drives like someone took a shit on a sponge and now you're trying to push it across a cactus. I just want to get back to a plug in vehicle. The Rav4 Prime and Escape plugin were just too damn small for three bastards in car seats. My oldest should be out by the time my lease is up, so I think I'm going to force her to sit in between the other 2 still in a booster / car seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Reactionary and not a good move long-term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 I had to get some gas yesterday and it was $6.15 a gallon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 7 hours ago, Ominous said: Is that the Sienna? It's a unique looking van. I refuse to have 2 vans. One is enough. This Honda we have drives like someone took a shit on a sponge and now you're trying to push it across a cactus. I just want to get back to a plug in vehicle. The Rav4 Prime and Escape plugin were just too damn small for three bastards in car seats. My oldest should be out by the time my lease is up, so I think I'm going to force her to sit in between the other 2 still in a booster / car seat. You don’t buy a minivan for looks! But yeah it’s the sienna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 13 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: You don’t buy a minivan for looks! But yeah it’s the sienna Or to enjoy how it drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 14 minutes ago, Ominous said: Or to enjoy how it drives. I’ve never been more comfortable driving in my life. It’s the white new balance with white socks of cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I’ve never been more comfortable driving in my life. It’s the white new balance with white socks of cars For Reals. People still ask to borrow my wife’s 2016 Sienna for long drives because it’s such a dream to drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 13 hours ago, ManUtdRedDevils said: Ban trucks and SUV’s Ban fucking highways in city planning/designs. Sigh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Comet said: Ban fucking highways in city planning/designs. Sigh... tear them the fuck down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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