GM Playing Chicken with State Governments Over Emissions Reductions
Two of the biggest auto makers in America, General Motors and DaimlerChrysler have claimed that they will simply stop selling cars in states that bring stringent regulations related to fuel economy.
That seems like a bully tactic. It doesn’t seem very smart.
The United States District Court for the District of Vermont was not swayed by the arguments of the auto industry. Judge William K. Sessions III made mention of the argument made by the same businesses in the 70’s that catalytic converters were an infeasible imposition on the industry.
If there had been any practical way to make a turn of the phrase “from my cold, dead hands” that would suit people’s resistance to catalytic converters, we might not have them today.
Source: Burlington Free Press
