October 17,
2022
Clerk of the
Board
California Air
Resources Board
1001 I Street,
Sacramento, California 95814
RE: Title 13.
Public Hearing to Consider Proposed Advanced Clean Fleets
Regulation
I write in strong opposition to the proposed
Advanced Clean Fleets rule as I believe it will have significant
negative ramifications on the state of California. Mandating the
transition to zero emission fleets, at a time when there is limited
and an extremely costly supply on the market for heavy duty ZEVs, a
lack of comprehensive infrastructure in the state, and we are
grappling with an unreliable grid, will only serve to drive up the
costs of all goods in the state, and increase the cost of living
for many of us who are just trying to survive.
It will also create immense uncertainty
surrounding the availability of goods, many of which are critical
necessities, if these ZEV heavy duty vehicles cannot travel at a
comparable distance to their internal combustion engine
counterparts. Breaks or bottlenecks in our supply chains will have
extensive consequences on the economy, which could create shortages
and further increase the price of goods.
This proposal will be the most damaging to our
most vulnerable communities and residents in the state. I am deeply
concerned with how the implementation of this regulation, and the
corresponding spike in prices for goods and fuel due to the
increased costs of operating heavy duty ZEVs, will impact our
seniors on fixed incomes, commuters who must travel far distances
to get to work because they are priced out of the cities in which
they work, and every Californian who will have to bear the brunt of
increased electrical bills, but most notably, our low-income
households.
There are many issues that face our state, one
of them being the ability to produce enough electricity for all our
citizens, and then transition to cleaner fuels / options as the
infrastructure is developed and strengthened. Now is NOT the time to
implement these regulations!!!
For these reasons, I respectfully oppose the
adoption of the Advanced Clean Fleets rule.
Sincerely,
Richard Abel
10603 Gainsborough
Court
Bakersfield, CA
93312
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