Your Search Results

New EPA vehicle labels

By SoundOffSister / May 29, 2011 /

Last Wednesday the EPA, in conjunction with the Department of Transportation released the details of stickers that must be affixed to all new cars beginning in the 2013 model year.  We told you earlier that the initial plan, to give all cars a “letter grades” had been shelved.

EPA to Shell Oil: on second thought, no you can’t drill in Alaska

By Jim Vicevich / April 25, 2011 /

Don’t pay any attention to what the young president says, watch what he’s doing and what he’s doing is choking off oil exploration in the United States slowly and deliberately. If the lefties win on this one America is not doomed to second place, America is doomed to be in last place.

Why Obama doesn’t need Congress

By SoundOffSister / December 22, 2010 /

With Obama’s recent “compromise” on not raising taxes for anyone, much has been said about the possibility that Obama, like Clinton before him, is moving to the center. He isn’t, he doesn’t have to, and he doesn’t need Congress to accomplish his agenda.

EPA and DOT abandon “letter grades” for cars

By SoundOffSister / May 21, 2011 /

Last August, with much fanfare, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation decided it would be a swell idea to give all new vehicles a letter grade.  We explained the concept here.

Phony scandals and the middle class

By SoundOffSister / July 27, 2013 /

Fortunately, thanks to several speeches given by the President this week, we now know that Benghazi, the Department of Justice’s targeting of journalists, the IRS’s targeting of certain groups seeking tax exempt status, and NSA’s interception (and storage) of certain information about our daily communications, are all phony scandals.

Obama’s Bain Capital

By SoundOffSister / September 3, 2012 /

While the President was bashing Bain Capital earlier this year as an “evil rich” private equity venture capital firm that destroyed businesses causing people to lose their jobs, and perhaps their lives, the White House was in secret negotiations with Carlyle Group, an “evil rich” private equity venture capital firm.

Finally, an EPA regulation that will cost business nothing

By SoundOffSister / April 7, 2012 /

No, don’t rub your eyes making sure you read that correctly. It’s true.  As you know, every time, in this instance, the EPA, passes a new regulation it must provide a cost/benefit analysis.  First, the proposed new rule.

How many Volts in a Tahoe?

By SoundOffSister / December 6, 2011 /

It is now official. Per our friends at the EPA, by the 2025 model year, a car manufacturer’s fleet (i.e., cars and light trucks) must average 54.5 miles per gallon. This is known as the CAFE standard…Corporate Average Fuel Economy.  We’ll ignore for the moment that this standard is double our current standard, and focus…

What do you do if you don’t like the results?

By SoundOffSister / November 19, 2011 /

If you are the government, you have the power to either cover them up, or ignore them.  Twice this week articles have been written demonstrating this “troubling” practice.

The car of the future

By SoundOffSister / September 29, 2011 /

In late July, with much fanfare, the administration, through the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration announced new standards for motor vehicle “fuel efficiency”.  Currently, a manufacturer’s vehicle fleet must average 27.5 miles per gallon, and this has been the standard since 1990.  However, by 2025, the fleet average must be 54.5 miles per gallon.