First Name | Matt |
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Last Name | Foster |
Email Address | marleywoods@yahoo.com |
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Subject | PROPOSED 2008 AMENDMENTS TO THE CALIFORNIA ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE REGULATION |
Comment | California EPA/Air Resources Board, I am writing to comment on the proposed 2008 amendments to the California Zero Emission Vehicle Regulation. I am not an expert on ZEV or regulations pertaining to them. I am merely a consumer who is very concerned about the environment in California and the negative effect that we, as humans, are having on the environment, especially with regard to vehicle-generated air pollution and its impact on Global Climate Disruption. To my unlearned eye, it looks like the amendments you are proposing are completely gutting the portions of the regulation that were adopted to mandate ZEV beyond 2008. If I am interpreting this correctly, I want to lodge my deepest concerns and urge you in the strongest possible terms to do all you can to require automobile manufacturers and others to continue to convert their fleets of passenger cars and light duty trucks to ZEV, and at a MINIMUM, the ZEV requirements of 11% in 2009-11, 12% in 2012-14, 14% in 2015-17, and 16% in 2018 and beyond be sustained. If a plug-in ZEV passenger car, hybrid or battery-powered, were available today, I would purchase one within the next 12 months and use the solar panels that I will soon have installed on my roof to charge it. It is my understanding that your organization is responsible for solutions to our current and looming air quality problems. Please do all you can to maintain and strengthen ZEV requirements. Kind regards, Matt Foster |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-07-28 15:32:10 |
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