The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday rolled out a rule to further limit sulfur in gasoline, saying the action will cut automobile emissions, provide welcome relief to people with breathing problems and be the equivalent of removing an estimated 33 million cars from the road.
U.S. oil refineries will be required to purchase new equipment to remove sulfur, which builds up in vehicle emission-control devices, causing more pollution. Conservationists and automakers such as Ford Motor praised the move, while a trade group that represents the oil and gas industry blasted it as an unnecessary step that will hurt consumers.
The EPA said the requirement, when fully implemented in 2025, will cost consumers less than a cent per gallon more at the pump while preventing 2,000 premature deaths a year and lowering health-care costs by as much as $19 billion.
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said the new regulation is “a win for public health” and that it will increase the average price of a car by about $75.
Maybe it’s the sulfur within the EPA bureaucracy that should be removed from the road?
You dig?
Why do hipster progs hate natural, renewable, organic energy like coal, gas, and oil?
The fascist EPA can do whatever they want, I will still burn tires in my backyard to counter their efforts and feel like I’m visiting Ukraine.
That’ll be the day.
It’s high sulfur in gasoline that increases the octane level…and fouls fuel gauges. 🙄
@ old_oaks
I’ve got a set of General Dual 90s from the late 1950s you can have – FREE!
GM, I’ll take them, the flat fixer ones burn especially well!
It has nothing to do with clean air, but with the goals of American fascists.
I can imagine the reaction of the boss to the designer.
“You had ONE JOB!!”
The article stated this new equipment being added at refineries would add $75 to the cost of a new car. Huh?
Clean air? Do all you want to reduce pollution, but know that as long as there’s some nation/s on the other side of the globe that don’t share your love of clean air, you’ll always be dealing with smog. Air currents are funny like that.
I just replaced a valve that allows fumes from my gas tank filler neck to be absorbed by a charcoal canister that must back flush into my crankcase periodically to keep from destroying the environment. 334 hard earned dollars left my medical emergency savings account to pay for it. I don’t believe $70 bucks is going to cover the cost of this proposed sulfur system….assholes…..