Cleaner vehicles may be ordered (Maine)

[jpak]

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/050925cars.shtml?survey90946

Maine soon may join California and a small number of other states trying to force automakers to build cleaner and more efficient cars and trucks.

A proposed state rule eventually could make vehicles sold here more expensive, too. State officials and other supporters say gasoline savings would pay for the higher sticker prices and that the rule would guarantee Mainers access to the world's cleanest cars.

The proposal's primary aim is to reduce pollution associated with global warming, a phenomenon that many fear already is affecting syrup makers, ski resorts and other pieces of the Maine economy. The fact that it also would boost fuel efficiency, a side effect that's sure to win supporters, could slam the brakes on the states' initiative.

The auto manufacturing industry, with the support of the federal government, says the rule is illegal and is suing California in an effort to stop the trend. It says fuel efficiency standards can be set only in Washington, D.C., and that a handful of rebellious states are trying to overrule Congress and the Bush administration.

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[Your_Moment_Of_Zen]

1. I'd like to see

more than a handful of rebellious states overrule the Bush administration. . . like all of them.

[suneel112]

2. "Rebellious states..."

States' Rights Suckers! Isn't that what you supported, though?
"GM, What did the five fingers say to the face?"
"SLAP!!!" :rofl: