First cars, now trucks: Biden takes aim at tailpipe pollution
wapo.st
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules Friday requiring reductions in tailpipe emissions from new trucks, delivery vans and buses.

Yet EPA officials said the rule will not mandate the adoption of a particular zero-emission technology. Rather, it will require manufacturers to reduce emissions by choosing from several cleaner technologies, including electric trucks, hybrid trucks and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.

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  • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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    7 months ago

    Gasoline and diesel are different fractions of the oil with different hydrocarbon chain lengths. Refineries have some flexibility to choose one over the other, but they always produce both. Getting rid of just one isn’t really doable; you need to get rid of both.