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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 859965" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/22/automakers-warn-huge-job-losses-under-obama-fuel-efficiency-plan/#ixzz1SscdQF6Z" target="_blank">(FOX News)</a>&nbsp; — Automakers are pushing back against an Obama administration proposal&nbsp; that would almost double vehicle fuel-efficiency standards, launching a&nbsp; new ad campaign warning of hundreds of thousands of job losses across&nbsp; the country.President Obama was hoping to get automakers to sign off on a nearly 100&nbsp; percent increase in mileage standards by 2025,&nbsp; to 29.5 miles-per-gallon for model year 2012, on their&nbsp; way to 34 miles-per-gallon for 2016.“They’re floating ideas to increase this fuel efficiency standard to 56&nbsp; miles per gallon fleet-wide by the year 2025, which would be a&nbsp; significant ramp-up, even from the fuel efficiency standards that we&nbsp; have set in place to 2016,” said Nick Loris of the Heritage Foundation, a&nbsp; conservative Washington think tank.“By the government’s own study, (the new standards) will cost so much&nbsp; more that it will result in a loss of about 220,000 jobs,” said Ed&nbsp; Tonkin, former president of the Automobile Dealers Association.“A sales drop means job losses and not just with automakers but at&nbsp; hundreds of auto parts suppliers, dealerships and repair facilities&nbsp; across the country,” one of the ads says.“The glass industry, the&nbsp; steel industry, the rubber industry,” Tonkin said. “And it goes on and&nbsp; on and on. The financing industry, the delivery companies, the railroads&nbsp; that deliver these vehicles.”In fact, the auto industry argues it alone accounts for one of every five jobs in America.One auto industry official put it this way: the new standards “are like&nbsp; dealing with the nation’s obesity problem by forcing clothing&nbsp; manufacturers to sell only small sizes.”The 30 hybrids now on the market only account for only 2.4 percent of&nbsp; sales. And last year, Ford sold almost twice as many friend-150 pickups as&nbsp; all its hybrids put together.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 859965, member: 12952"] [URL="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/22/automakers-warn-huge-job-losses-under-obama-fuel-efficiency-plan/#ixzz1SscdQF6Z"](FOX News)[/URL] — Automakers are pushing back against an Obama administration proposal that would almost double vehicle fuel-efficiency standards, launching a new ad campaign warning of hundreds of thousands of job losses across the country. President Obama was hoping to get automakers to sign off on a nearly 100 percent increase in mileage standards by 2025, to 29.5 miles-per-gallon for model year 2012, on their way to 34 miles-per-gallon for 2016. “They’re floating ideas to increase this fuel efficiency standard to 56 miles per gallon fleet-wide by the year 2025, which would be a significant ramp-up, even from the fuel efficiency standards that we have set in place to 2016,” said Nick Loris of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington think tank. “By the government’s own study, (the new standards) will cost so much more that it will result in a loss of about 220,000 jobs,” said Ed Tonkin, former president of the Automobile Dealers Association. “A sales drop means job losses and not just with automakers but at hundreds of auto parts suppliers, dealerships and repair facilities across the country,” one of the ads says. “The glass industry, the steel industry, the rubber industry,” Tonkin said. “And it goes on and on and on. The financing industry, the delivery companies, the railroads that deliver these vehicles.” In fact, the auto industry argues it alone accounts for one of every five jobs in America. One auto industry official put it this way: the new standards “are like dealing with the nation’s obesity problem by forcing clothing manufacturers to sell only small sizes.” The 30 hybrids now on the market only account for only 2.4 percent of sales. And last year, Ford sold almost twice as many friend-150 pickups as all its hybrids put together. [/QUOTE]

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