Summary:
The article first talks about how the Trump administration is going to eliminate the plan that the Obama administration had in place to keep strict rules on the pollution from cars and fuel economy standards. Scott Pruitt is the person who wants to eliminate that plan about stricter car pollution and fuel economy because Pruitt said that the standards that are in place right now are too high and will make cost prices for cars too expensive. But, John DeCicco, who is a professor at the University of Michigan, talked about how he did research on the subject, and he found out that making cars produce less pollution will not make them cost more money. The automobile industry pleaded to the White House to have weaker standards on emissions once Trump became president.
Also, John DeCicco talks about how lower gas prices will not pay off in the long run. If gas prices are lower, people will not appreciate cars that are more fuel efficient because the gas doesn't cost that much in the first place. DeCicco stated how some of the best selling cars are trucks that take up a lot of gas. The EPA also is more flexible with the rules they have for trucks than with what they …show more content…
I did not know that the Trump administration wants to make the regulations not as strict for car manufacturers. I didn't hear about this in the news, so it was something new to me. I also learned that cheaper gas prices are not always the best idea in the long run because the article talks about how there is still a problem with car emissions and global warming. I also learned that the best selling cars are the ones with the worst miles per gallons. I thought that a car that gets a lot of miles per gallon would be something that people would want. But, trucks are a popular car that people like to drive. I learned that trucks are one of the best selling types of cars
The article first talks about how the Trump administration is going to eliminate the plan that the Obama administration had in place to keep strict rules on the pollution from cars and fuel economy standards. Scott Pruitt is the person who wants to eliminate that plan about stricter car pollution and fuel economy because Pruitt said that the standards that are in place right now are too high and will make cost prices for cars too expensive. But, John DeCicco, who is a professor at the University of Michigan, talked about how he did research on the subject, and he found out that making cars produce less pollution will not make them cost more money. The automobile industry pleaded to the White House to have weaker standards on emissions once Trump became president.
Also, John DeCicco talks about how lower gas prices will not pay off in the long run. If gas prices are lower, people will not appreciate cars that are more fuel efficient because the gas doesn't cost that much in the first place. DeCicco stated how some of the best selling cars are trucks that take up a lot of gas. The EPA also is more flexible with the rules they have for trucks than with what they …show more content…
I did not know that the Trump administration wants to make the regulations not as strict for car manufacturers. I didn't hear about this in the news, so it was something new to me. I also learned that cheaper gas prices are not always the best idea in the long run because the article talks about how there is still a problem with car emissions and global warming. I also learned that the best selling cars are the ones with the worst miles per gallons. I thought that a car that gets a lot of miles per gallon would be something that people would want. But, trucks are a popular car that people like to drive. I learned that trucks are one of the best selling types of cars