Chuck Schumer calls on EPA to lower gas prices

[Rhiannon12866]

Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the Environmental Protection Agency on Sunday not to follow through with plans to rollback mile-per-gallon standards ​to ​lessen ​the pain at the pump​ for motorists​ as gas prices ​hit​ their highest rates in four years​​.

“If prices stay as high as they are, this summer the average motorist will pay $200 to $300 more out of their pockets than they would have otherwise,”​ the New York ​Democrat said ​during a news conference at a ​Mobil gas station in Manhattan​ where the price is ​$4.15 a gallon. “Now with the price the way it is, the better mileage the motorist gets, the better everyone does.”

The EPA announced last week that it ​has submitted plans to weaken an Obama administration rule for automakers to increase their cars’ fuel economy by 50 mpg by 2025.

The car companies lobbied Trump to lower the standard saying millions of American jobs would be at risk if the regulations remained in place.


More: https://nypost.com/2018/06/03/chuck-schumer-calls-on-epa-to-lower-gas-prices/

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Farmers who voted for Trump....

Are seeing their fuel prices go up as well as seeing prices drop further on their products due to current trade policies.

Talk about getting screwed over twice. Happy now Trump voters?

[Rhiannon12866]

2. He advocates for no one besides himself

I don't see why it's so hard for them to grasp the obvious!

[Lulu KC]

3. Really, Schumer? Hello. Climate change.

Surprised.

[Phoenix61]

4. That's what gave Toyota such a huge market

share years ago. US car manufactures fought mpg standards while Toyota focused on building efficient cars.

[NeoGreen]

5. I'm against this...

...and would advocate for higher prices and higher taxes on gasoline, something like a nation wide step wise $0.10/gallon gas tax hike per quarter for 10 quarters, where the proceeds are used for research of alternative technologies, increased efficiency and direct support of mass transit infrastructure and operational costs.

[NNadir]

6. This is like announcing that we need lower heroin prices. n/t

[hatrack]

7. Or a bonus Fentanyl pack with every Heroin purchase - but wait! There's more!

[FBaggins]

8. The title of the article doesn't match the body text

Might not be the author's fault - editors often pick the titles...

but I don't see Schumer calling for lower gas prices anywhere in the piece. Instead - he's calling for the administration to avoid more pain at the pump by taking actions that keep consumers from having to buy so much of it.

That an entirely different (though likely unpersuasive) argument.