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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by tonmoy on Friday April 25, 2025 @10:46PM (#43800463)
I don’t see the issue in that though. If the target was to keep the average emission down across the entire country and if inefficient brand A decided to merge with efficient brand B to keep the average down that seems like it still adheres to the spirit of the law
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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by Jweb_Guru on Saturday April 26, 2025 @12:46AM (#43801019)
Yeah it's not really "gaming" anything.
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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by pbhjpbhj on Saturday April 26, 2025 @05:05AM (#43802018)
Seems more like it meets the letter of the law.

The spirit was surely be too accelerate efficiency by ensuring all manufacturers improve. That has been negated; reducing the necessary efficiency for some manufacturers just because others are doing well.

It's like if you allowed multiple people to mix blood samples for a DUI check. Sure, there'd have to be less drinking over all, but some would still be drunk af and the effectiveness of the law would be greatly reduced.

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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by Jweb_Guru on Saturday April 26, 2025 @10:33AM (#43803980)
Not a great analogy. CO2 emissions are a global phenomenon, so the average emission level is exactly what matters. Drunkenness is not.
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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by pbhjpbhj on Monday April 28, 2025 @09:00AM (#43821056)
Reasonable criticism of the analogy, but the point was/is that this chicanery weakened the effect of the legislation allowing more CO² than would otherwise have been the case. Thus, the spirit of the law was not respected.
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