Bush & Obama on gas mileage

[redandy]

Just a couple of gas related stories:

apnews.myway.com/article/20070514/D8P4E1H00.html

President Bush, prodded by a Supreme Court ruling, said Monday his administration will decide how to regulate pollution from new motor vehicles by the time he leaves office.

Hard to see anything substantive getting done considering the Congressional hostility towards Bush…still, the global warming crowd should be happy…uh, right?

Meanwhile, this was a rather risky move by Obama, going into Detroit and telling the automakers how to run their business. Standing up to special interest is one thing, but this may be pushing it a little for someone who presumably plans on being elected in the near future:

detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articl … /705070381

“Here in Detroit, three giants of American industry are hemorrhaging jobs and profits as foreign competitors answer the rising global demand for fuel-efficient cars,” he said.

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[quote=“redandy”]Just a couple of gas related stories:

apnews.myway.com/article/20070514/D8P4E1H00.html

President Bush, prodded by a Supreme Court ruling, said Monday his administration will decide how to regulate pollution from new motor vehicles by the time he leaves office.

Hard to see anything substantive getting done considering the Congressional hostility towards Bush…still, the global warming crowd should be happy…uh, right?

Meanwhile, this was a rather risky move by Obama, going into Detroit and telling the automakers how to run their business. Standing up to special interest is one thing, but this may be pushing it a little for someone who presumably plans on being elected in the near future:

detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articl … /705070381

“Here in Detroit, three giants of American industry are hemorrhaging jobs and profits as foreign competitors answer the rising global demand for fuel-efficient cars,” he said.[/quote]

Actually, even Republicans have said that Bush’s plan is a empty gesture, that the lack of serious emissions controls and mileage standards that rate below EU and China belies Bush’s oil interests. So the substantive work would be lacking even with full Congressional support, it would appear.