First Name | Doug |
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Last Name | Korthof |
Email Address | Doug@Seal-Beach.org |
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Subject | CARB has failed US: CARB is the problem, not the solution |
Comment | The proposed modifications to the ZEV mandate are based on an overly timid assessment of the technology, mistaken assumptions about the future, and false representations from the Auto Alliance. CARB staff reliance on these three levels of falsehoods is a direct abandonment of the public interest. CARB at this point stands with the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers as the chief problem facing the general public, instead of being the strong advocate of the public interest in opposition to the oil and auto interests. CARB has chosen to position itself against clean air and on the side of the chief polluters, Western States Petroleum Association and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. CARB and the Air Quality Control Districts (AQMD) have divided up the problem of pollution due to oil-fired cars, in order to hide the extent of the problem. These agencies spend their time trying to attack small-time air emitters whose contributions are puny compared to that of the refineries and oil-fired cars and trucks. This apparent collusion and deception should be stopped, and an inventory of all oil-fired pollution, including all aspects of oil refining such as subsidized water and the electric required to deliver it, should be created. But CARB has failed to do this, failed to work for the people. The existence of practical Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) has been proven. The Toyota RAV4-EV is still on the road, even though it is no longer supported by Toyota so far as replacement batteries are concerned. CARB's failure to recognize real ZEV, and to support the production and maintenance of ZEV, is alarming, if not pitiful. CARB's duty is to require production of real ZEV for sale to the general public, without trick or artifice, at a reasonable price (for example, the median price of all cars sold in a model year). If the public demand for ZEV is too high, then let them come back and explain why they had claimed that no one wanted them. This is the reality: plug-in Toyota RAV4-EV, designed prior to 1997, are the best ZEV in existence. We need constant improvement, design effort, and, mostly, regular production of real ZEV, year after year. The proposed regulations are overly complex, full of loopholes, and don't require industry to do much of anything. It's a disgrace: CARB has killed the Electric car all over again. Shame is not enough; the budget that's burned by CARB should be rescinded, the staff discharged, and some real Agency formed to address the problem of air pollution. CARB, and the AQMD system, have failed. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-08-15 14:58:41 |
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