First Name | Robert |
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Last Name | Cooper |
Email Address | Non-web submitted comment |
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Subject | Opposition to Proposed Rule Changes |
Comment | Email Address: kildar501@gmail.com Subject: Opposition to Proposed Rule Changes Comment: To the board members: I'm an O/O that has an older truck. I cannot take lucrative loads to California already due to the emissions requirements. My tractor is paid for and the current freight market cannot support a new truck payment, much less a payment for a slightly used truck. I am intrigued by the ideas coming from Cummins regarding hydrogen powered vehicles but there is a problem with government interference. Mandates from the federal government for EVs by a certain date. Mandates from CARB for ZEVs by a certain date. There seems to be no end to the mandates without any of them taking into consideration the various alternatives being explored and researched by private companies. What if the advances that Cummins makes means I can retrofit my older truck to run on hydrogen in the near future? Will that be allowed in California? According to current rules and proposals, no, it wouldn't. So why would I waste the time and money to make such modifications? The answer is that I wouldn't. What about the e-fuels being developed in Europe by the likes of Porsche? Will those be allowed to be used in vehicles? According to current rules and proposals, no, they wouldn't. The short sighted approach to EVs or nothing will be the ruin of the economy in California and across the country. We need an all encompassing approach to fighting pollution. And why is it that there aren't any regulations being thrown at the airline industry? Some of the cleanest days on record in the last 25 years were after 9/11 when all planes were grounded and when the lockdowns forced millions of people to stay home and not fly or drive their personal vehicles. Yet, the trucking industry is being targeted with laser focus to force us to adopt unproven technology that doesn't have a support infrastructure built for it. How is that fair? The last time we were forced to adopt unproven technology was the boondoggle that was the DEF/DPF systems required after 2008. It took almost a decade to get the bugs worked out of those systems at untold cost. Yet, here we are again looking at the same thing with forcing unproven systems on us. Can we learn from the past and let the free market come up with the solutions this time around? |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2023-04-07 09:55:09 |
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