First Name | Richard |
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Last Name | Harvey |
Email Address | richard@infinitefunctions.com |
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Subject | CARB Scoping Plan Comments |
Comment | CARB Board and Staff: I congratulate CARB for issuing draft recommendations for implementing AB 32 that mandate clean energy standards, energy efficiency measures and clean vehicle requirements. Particularly, I was happy to see a 33-percent renewable energy requirement for the state's electricity supply. However, CARB must go farther if we are going to make the major changes needed to prevent catastrophic changes to our climate. Please include in your Final Scoping Plan steps to: - Make sure all polluters pay a price for greenhouse gas emissions through carbon fees or auctions. We can use those funds to create clean energy jobs and infrastructure for California. - Reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT) through performance-based public transportation programs, such as Bus to Transit connections. - Speed production of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), by mandating hundreds of thousands of battery powered electric cars on our roads in the next decade. - Adopt Zero-Waste policies built around life-cycle tracking of manufactured products and the "Three R's": Reduce waste, Reuse products, and Recycle solid waste materials and compost. - Support California cities converting to clean energy using "Community Choice" programs that pool the buying power of local utility customers. - Create "feed-in tariffs" requiring utility companies to pay a fixed, fair price for renewable electricity. - Mandate more land-use & planning measures so that increasing vehicle use doesn't erode the gains from fuel efficiency and low-carbon fuels. - Minimize "offsets" polluters use to claim they have reduced emissions & establish rigorous standards to hold them accountable for all greenhouse gases. Thank you very much for all your hard work. Sincerely, Richard Harvey |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-11-13 10:33:52 |
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