wish they’d do something about light-duty trucks
Under the proposal, automakers would be required to improve the average mileage of all the passenger vehicles they sell by 2 percent a year for passenger cars, and 4 percent a year for light trucks, between 2027 and 2032.
If implemented, the plan means new autos sold in the United States would achieve an average fuel economy of 58 miles per gallon by 2032. Analysts project that in order for automakers to achieve that average, roughly two-thirds of the new cars they sell by that year would have to be all-electric.
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This is about tractor trailers not pickups.
Edit: looks like the idiot moderators think that criticism of unfeasible plans is trolling. They deleted my other comment but I am a truck driver by trade and I know what the industry looks like and it’s not possible right now because there is no feasible alternative.
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US heavy-duty trucks: 417 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) in 2021
Global shipiping (of which about 40% is shipping fossil fuels around, and most of which doesn’t go to or from the US): ~700 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) in 2021
So yeah, this is just a bunch of whataboutism and not a meaningful critique.
Honestly at this point I’m happy to be attacking it anywhere
What are you talking about? Cargo ships, despite being significant poluters, are far more efficient than trucks.
It’s necessary to address both sources of pollution, but this is still a big step in the right direction.
