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TESTIMONY OF ROBERT E. FISHER, MASTER OF SOCIAL
WELFARE 1971, THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS
ANGELES; AND
FORMER CITY OF LOS ANGELES LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
AND REPRESENTATIVE TO THE
CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION 1974-1979 

 
Subj: Article About Rising Sea Levels Below:

 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060501342.html?hpid%3Dmoreheadlines&sub=AR
 
  
  
There is an urgent need for Emergency Regulations regarding
CNG/LNG pumps at gasoline stations for private passenger vehicles
due to a dearth of CNG/LNG public fueling sites in California.  
 
Some scientist, below, say that we have only ten years or the year
2030 to mitigate current global warming trends.
 
 It will take too long for the California Air Resources Board
(ARB) to adopt Low Carbon Fuel Standards(LCFS) re: Compressed
Natural Gas/Liquified Natural Gas (CNG/LNG)  via the normal public
hearing process.  
 
This is why I advocate the adoption of Emergency Regulations
regarding CNG/LNG pumps at existing oil company stations for
private vehicle use. 
 
Consider the below:
 
1.) There is a dearth of public fueling sites for  private
passenger vehicles in California. 
 
2.) The solution to this problem is tax credits for oil companies
to install CNG pumps at their existing gasoline stations.  I have
requested our Senators Boxer, and Feinstein to sponsor/co-sponsor
legislation via the Ways and Means Committee regarding tax
credits/incentives for the oil companies to install CNG pumps at
their existing gasoline stations.  
 
Also, this will create thousands of jobs as a by product!
 
3.) Honda and Toyota continue to produce CNG private passenger
vehicles.  Except for the Ford Crown Victoria, which is produced en
masse for law enforcement, the "Big Three" produced CNG private
passenger vehicles until 2005, but discontinued due to a dearth of
public fueling sites in the USA,
 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/carpool/carpool.htm
 
4.) The oil companies, such as, Shell Oil, BP ,Exxon, Chevron have
a natural gas (NG) component in their high end operations. It would
not be a problem for such companies to add  CNG pumps, but they
need incentives to do so.
 
5.) For the reason above, CNG is the most practical alternative
fuel, because;
 
6.) Most of  of the other alternative energy biofuels, such as,
corn ethanol are out dated and not economically feasible, and are
still in the development stage.
 
7.) Should California fail to adopt LCFS Regulations regarding
CNG/LNG as the preferred alternative energy fuel forthwith not only
California, but literally, the world would suffer, as a result. 
See below:
 
NEED FOR CALIF TO ADOPT CNG/LNG LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARD
"EMERGENCY" REGULATIONS FORTHWITH :
 
Below are three pertinent articles about Antarctica's and
Greenland's melting ice.  It would only take a three foot sea level
rise to flood the coastlines, and cities, lowlands and islands of
the world: 

 
http://news.aol.com/article/huge-ice-chunks-break-away-from/452969?icid=sphere_newsaol_inpage
 
http://news.aol.com/article/sea-level-rise/483569?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fsea-level-rise%2F483569
 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090527/ap_on_go_ot/us_sci_rising_seas
 
Once Greenland's glaciers melts and the  Antarctica's Wilkens Ice
Shelf completely breaks away, (Chunks have already broken away
within the last month) it would enable the Antarctica's glaciers to
slide into the sea at a faster rate in the future. 

Should the glaciers slide into the sea, there would be a at least
a ten meter rise in sea levels that would flood coastlines, cities,
states, lowlands, and islands of the world. 

 
Major Cities, such as, San Diego, Long Beach, parts of Los
Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Oakland, Portland, Seattle,
and Vancouver, Canada on the West Coast would be flooded. 

 
Cities, such as, as New York, Boston, Baltimore, Charleston, S.
C., Savannah, GA., Washington, D. C., Jacksonville, Tampa, St.
Petersburg,  Miami, on the East Coast would be flooded. 

 
The Great Lakes cities, such as, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland,
Toronto, and Toledo would be flooded. 

 
States, such as, Florida, Hawaii and Alaska would be flooded. 

 
The Gulf Coast cities, such as, Mobile, Biloxi, Gulf Port, New
Orleans, Houston, Galveston, and Corpus Cristi, would be flooded.

Also, parts of the Netherlands, British Isles, Bermuda, Puerto
Rico, the Caribbean Islands, the Mediterranean Rivera, France,
Spain, Portugal, Antigua, Bangladesh, Bangkok, Tokyo, Hong Kong,
Shanghai, Singapore, the Philippines, Cuba, and parts of Australia,
New Zealand, Africa, Central America, Mexico, and South America
would be flooded.

I continue to keep you informed re: developments of global warming
and its effects on the coastlines, cities, states, lowlands, and
islands of the world. 

 
My responsibility is never ending, in keeping with the Board of
Regents of the University of California's Alumni's Duties and
Responsibilities to the People of the State of California (1983).

by,
Robert E. Fisher, Master of Social Welfare, 1971
The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Former City of Los Angeles Legislative Analyst/Rep to The
California Coastal Commission 1974-79




  


 

 

 
 

 

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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2009-06-23 15:45:14