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I am total disbelief how this agency has any credibility
whatsoever! The cap and trade program was originally  going to roll
out to a western coalition of the west coast states. Every single
state has backed out because they don't operate with blinders on.
It doesn't take a genius to realize this is not the time to be
placing additional strain on businesses in CA. The PM2.5 diesel
regulations has forced many truckers out of business already. For
what? To save a handful of premature deaths in CA? You still
haven't made it clear just how many deaths this entails. How many
deaths do you think will be a direct result of 25-50,000 families
losing the breadwinner of the household? In case you weren't aware
... poverty kills. 

If this scam isn't bad enough, now you are forging forward with the
the low carbon fuel standard. To achieve this we will ne3ed to
blend more biofuels into our fuel. The problem here is we don't
make biofuels on the west coast so it will have to be transported
in. Have you factored in the pollution resulting from the
transportation of biofuels from the midwest. There are so many
unanswered questions. Studies and or reports from this agency can't
be trusted. 2 independent studies report that 5 yrs after
implementation of this low carbon fuel standard it will add .61 to
the price of a gallon of gas. This whole thing smells of the MTBE
fraud you perpetuated against California. Junk science,
incompetence, refusing to take the blinders off seems to be normal
mode of operation at CARB.

Speaking of MTBE wouldn't it be wise that you aggressively clean up
the polluted areas you caused from forcing MTBE into our fuel
before you venture in to these new regulations already laced with
fraud? Just a thought.