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I have informed myself about the obvious feasibility and viability
of all-electric vehicles.  I have watched "Who Killed the Electric
Car", and have shown it to family and friends.  I have taken it
very much to heart.

I write to strongly express my support for an expanded, rather
than a reduced, all-electric vehicle requirement for auto
manufacturers.  However, I would go further than requiring
production of a larger percentage of new cars to be all-electric. 
Instead, I would promote the conversion of the already
crash-tested, roadworthy gas-powered cars we all own into
all-electric cars.  To do otherwise is to waste a precious
resource in the cars we already own, and to encourage further
environmental damage by manufacturing new cars.  This option will
be much cheaper for each consumer and our ailing economy with
strong interwoven links to the world economy, and thus much more
viable.  I would tax the production of gas-powered cars as much as
possible, and plough the proceeds into battery and solar-power
research and manufacture by small innovative companies.  

You have a duty to the public, not private companies who cannot -
and rightfully do not in a democracy like ours - vote.  The large
automakers can easily afford to produce all-electric vehicles -
they simply don't have the disincentive to not use the
infrastructure they use to produce the long-obsolete technology
they continue to sell us - the gas-powered vehicle.  If we do not
impose it, the consequences to our health, environment and our
currently unsustainable economy will continue to escalate.  It is
your duty within your mandate to do your best to ensure this does
not occur.  A sustainable economy is based on a sustainable
environment, and on preserving the wealth of individuals rather
than turning them into constant consumers, constantly needing to
spend to meet the basics (for example, on gas, not only to work
but for the mass transport of food; ZEVs transporting food would
eliminate most of the major transportation (gasoline) costs
involved in purchsaing food, meaning instant poverty relief to
millions and millions of Californians). You have tremendous power
that the People of California have invested in you to make wise,
far-reaching decisions that will benefit the lives and prospects
of millions of people - not just in California, but throughout the
US and around the world by your wise example.  Let it be so.

Sincerely,
Simcha Udwin