First Name | Jeremy |
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Last Name | Gibson |
Email Address | jrgibson@gmail.com |
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Subject | Please support clean air and all-electric vehicles in the upcoming vote |
Comment | I think it's very important for California to lead the other states in clean-air, low emissions vehicles. However, I am worried by so many powerful people's acceptance of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles as the means to that goal. I personally have much more faith in purely-electric vehicles like those made by Tesla and other companies. Battery and capacitor technologies are improving at an amazing pace, and I believe that the next 5 years will bring us a technology that can charge an electric car in about the same time that it takes to fill the fuel tank in a car (look at the advances made by EEStor in Austin, TX). One of the primary advantages of battery-electric vehicles is their ability to be charged anywhere that has a standard power outlet, meaning that an all-electric car could drive from coast to coast today, able to refuel anywhere. Obviously, fully-electric cars would put a strain on the electrical infrastructure of the state, however it seems to me that that strain would be something which would increase steadily and be able to be dealt with across years as more and more electric vehicles were made. In contrast to that, a hydrogen system would require the construction of fueling stations throughout the state before even 1 car would be viable across the entire state. Obviously, I support the Governor's agenda to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25% by 2020. The most promising way to reach this goal is to give consumers the choice to buy Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEVs), like the electric Tesla Roadster. I'm very worried that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) may reduce the number of ZEVs required of automakers by 90%, settling for only 2,500 from 2012-2014. Please, for the sake of the people of California and of those other states who will follow our lead, stick to your original requirements to have the full 25,000 ZEVs that automakers had promised for 2012-2014. I also believe that there should be a separate requirement created for plug-in hybrids that lets them replace the dirtiest vehicles in CARB's regulations, rather than the cleanest ZEVs. Hybrids, even plug-in hybrids are _not_ ZEVs. Choice for consumers means cleaner air for everyone. Thank you very much for reading my comments. -- Jeremy Gibson |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-03-15 15:33:27 |
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