Like most Trump -people in the Netherlands, Lee Zeldin, manager of the environmental protection agency, is called many things since the job is accepted, but “champion of the black community” is probably not one of them. However, he now deserves that title that his agency assumes the expensive car rules from the Biden era that would disproportionately need the most in need of affordable transport.
In particular, the EPA has proposed the withdrawal of new exhaust standards that a desk-estimated $ 2,100 for the already rising sticker prices for new vehicles with gasoline. The rule was an important part of the aggressive agenda of the previous administration to force a transition from gasoline to electric vehicles (EVs). The office also reconsider the underlying Obama administration from 2009 that opened the door for this new performance against exhaust emissions by letting the considerations of climate change to play a role.
The environmental benefits are very doubtful – even proponents shun to say that conforming vehicles would have a measurable influence on reducing future temperatures – but the costs are real and do much more than others.
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Affordable personal transport is absolutely essential for those who still climb the economic ladder. Apart from the almost worship by a part of public transport, the reality is that buses and trains can only take you to a subset of the available task choices if you can drive from door to door. This is especially true for those who live in relatively poor neighborhoods, far from the most promising employers in the city. A vehicle also opens opportunities in the gig -economy. It is not surprising that studies identify vehicle possession as an important factor in reducing the racial pay gap.
EPA manager Lee Zeldin helps Americans to keep their cars affordable. (Getty Images)
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But these profits are threatened by rising new car prices, which would only aggravate as these regulations from the Biden era become stricter in the coming years. And prices for used cars generally rise together with new ones.
In addition to making vehicles priceless for some, higher prices also create financing challenges for others, including dependence on subprime loans with high interest rates. It is not surprising that the delinquency rates of vehicles are 30 years high.
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EVs are also not a feasible option for those who are not yet in the middle class. Their average price, around $ 57,000 according to Kelley Blue Book, is around $ 8,000 more than a gasoline vehicle and exceeds the annual income of more than half of the black households. Moreover, EV -Mopladen is particularly difficult for residents of urban apartments. And, realistic, an EV is not practical if the one all-purpose vehicle of a family-what can all pay most households with a lower income.
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As expected, the proposed withdrawal receives a lot of hard criticism from the environmental activist community of multi-billion dollars, including more than a few environmental justice activists who can hardly have any contact anymore when it comes to affordable transport and the real needs of communities with low income and minority communities.
Certainly, rarer does not have to make any effort to clean up a mantle space for a NAACP or Urban League price. But his efforts to make cars more affordable, if successful, will achieve more for the black community than most of the actual winners.
