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As an environmental engineer, I can tell you that the need to
reduce the output of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to
the atmousphere is urgent.  We are already seeing extreme signs of
global warming such as the alarming rate of melting of the polar
ice caps in the last five years, which will accelerate the process
of global warming as the ice caps reflect solar heat while
increasing levels of ocean water absorbs more heat. Ever increasing
levels of carbon output are happening while deforestation (removing
the world's carbon sink) is increasing exponentialy at the same
time.  We cannot continue on this path. 
To do so would be catastrophic in our lifetime, as well as for
future generations in California and around the world.  
Coastal areas and Californias huge agricultural sector will be
effected the most.
Please enact a strong climate change mitigation program and lead
the way for the rest of the country and the world to do the same. 
The new program MUST include significant fees for polluters, not
credits to be given away and traded like playing cards, which will
not work.  It must also include strong new fuel and energy
efficiency standards.  We MUST get this right.  Our future depends
on it.