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My name is Karen Hammer and I have been a resident of California
since 1983.  I am a teacher and drive a Pruis, so you can be sue
that I support California's goal to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions by 174 million tons/year by 2020, which means cutting
vehicle emissions by about 70 million tons/year.  You are
considering a plan on March 27 that will eliminate an average of
only 291,000 tons/year by 2017 through its Zero Emission Vehicle
Program. We need more than 200 times that progress by 2020! The
plan also eliminates only a fifth of the smog-forming emissions
from tailpipes that doom thousands of people to lung disease and
death.

It's time for bolder action and a more effective Zero Emission
Vehicle Program. Only California is allowed to set tougher
tailpipe standards than federal regulations, and other states can
follow, so California must lead the way. The nation needs you
now.

Please require automakers to offer 100,000 zero-emission vehicles
for sale in 2012-2014 (less than 2% of the market) to get us
moving in the right direction. That's fewer than 6,000 vehicles
per year from each of the six largest car companies. They can do
it.

There's no time to wait. Global warming is destroying the planet.
Air pollution sickens and kills thousands of people each year.
Please support higher numbers of zero-emission vehicles, and get
them on the roads soon.