Have you never taken a social studies class? States have to meet or exceed federal standards, not other states’ standards (unless they want to).

Yeah, I’m not convinced there’s a connecting rod attached to it.

That’s what I was thinking, that it wasn’t a piston but a plug.

WEAK!

Is this the best way to present an Instagram video on a website? All I get is pause/play; no audio, rewind, window size control. Why is it a portrait video in a square frame with pillarboxing? Am I just not doing it right because I’m old? Am I yelling at a cloud?

Judging by the video it’ll cost about 50 bucks.

I don’t think this was a concrete piston, I think they filled the cylinder with the stuff and it was basically a 3 cylinder car.

Also, they say in Portuguese that they disconnected the piston rod, so the concrete isolated that cylinder. The car ran with just three cylinders.

GM was already in discussions to pull out of the country. Not much to lose.

U.S. Unions from 40 years ago make U.S. Unions of today look like pussies.

Unions overseas can make US Unions look like kittens.

California doesn’t set your state’s standards, it’s their choice to follow (those that choose CARB).

Unless you’e in CA, your state’s emissions are not set by CA.

Nobody is forcing your state, only 16 other states (their choice) uphold CARB standards. Take it up with corporations if you don’t like cleaner air and better FE and want separate models for shithole states.

You are right. No state HAS to comply with the California standards.

Automakers aren’t required to meet a California-only standard. They could choose to not sell in California, make a California-specific variant or make a dealer-installed option to meet their standard if it’s not the national standard. It’s the kind of marketplace freedom Republicans normally champion.

No state is FORCED to follow CARB standards....

I don’t know about that but do you live in SoCal? I do, the smog levels in the last 20 years have dropped so much that you can see LA from OC occasionally.

Tell me again how Republicans are the party of states’ rights?

As much as it hurts - economically - the less pollution and waste we produce the better off we will be.