American Chronicle | EPA seeks to establish "grass mileage" for your lawnmower

Using the Clean Air Act, EPA is trying to wrap its regulatory tentacles around every aspect of our daily lives that involves CO2 emissions except for human breathing.

Even one of the Democrats who originally sponsored the Act, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), says EPA's proposal "has the potential for shutting down virtually all industry and all economic activity and growth." Not to mention shutting down your lawn mower.

If you think this is an exaggeration, consider that EPA's proposal includes applying what's been dubbed "the Grass Mileage Standard" to lawn mower engines and weed whackers.

This standard would limit the number of grams of CO2 that could be produced by a lawn mower or weed whacker engine for each kilogram of grass cuttings resulting from mowing an average lawn.
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5.There is inadequate scientific support of the proposed regulation cited in the ANPR

What few scientific statements listed in 12 pages of the enormous document are alarmist in nature.

The citations presume the global warming alarmist view of climate change science and do not provide a coherent, documented, rigorous peer review without a political bias. There is no analysis of contrary scientific opinions and the few scientific studies cited are outdated.

Furthermore, there is no policy goal of an "ideal" climate temperature or sustainable atmospheric level of greenhouse gas emissions for determining the stated emission reduction goals. The overarching claim is that warming is all human induced, and does not recognize the role of solar activity in temperature changes along with other potential geothermal sources of warming.

The ANPR cites the IPCC data that tends to negate the role of historical climate and weather patterns, and only uses current temperature patterns or analyses of faulty computer models. This is but a weak guidepost for a regulation that purports to change critical infrastructure and civil planning measures for the nation. Certainly there is no recognition or discussion of adaptation as a response to climate change. The EPA staff draft of the ANPR is wholly irresponsible and indeed, if followed, could cause harm not only to the economy, but quite possibly public health.