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California Air Resources Board
 

Dear CARB Members,

A recent California Air Resource Board staff proposal calls for 90
percent fewer "pure" zero-emission vehicles than what California's
Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) program currently requires.

I don’t get this, am I writing to CARB, the keeper of AB 32 or the
US EPA?  Is this staff report being written by the CARB staff or
the car companies?

The ZEV program has been instrumental in helping to bring us the
necessary technology for hybrid cars and soon to be plug-in hybrid
cars, both of which are necessary if we are going to reduce global
warming. 

Don’t yield to the automakers demands for a weaker ZEV program
with loopholes that will make it ineffective. Now is the time to
stand up to the automakers if you/we ever expect to get real
meaningful reductions of GHGs.  Backing down now sends the wrong
signals at the wrong time to where we need to go and what we need
to be doing to reduce GHGs.

California has passed a landmark global warming law, and the ZEV
program has the potential to be a critical part of the global
warming solution.  Please don’t back down now.


Sincerely,
David Coale
766 Josina Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94306