First Name: | Bruce |
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Last Name: | French |
Email Address: | a1_bfrench@yahoo.com |
Affiliation | |
Subject | AB 32 Scoping Plan- Comments |
Comment |
Upon reviewing the AB32 Scoping Plan, I noticed that it was "lean" on defined verification, auditing and enforcement. The CARB position of allowing companies to self-report and verify is a naïve policy as it leaves too much room for producing an annual set of bogus data. It is imperative that this program be of the highest quality and that can only be attained and maintained through unbiased, independent auditing and enforcement with a well-defined penalty schedule. The enforcement division must be fully-staffed and funded by the legislature at least through the year 2100. As for the state's clean energy program, I offer the following initiatives for consideration and implementation: 1-Take immediate action to eliminate all subsidies and allowances related to fossil fuels and ethanol; divert all fuel tax-related revenues to clean energy technologies 2-Authorize all utilities to enact a Feed In Tariff program to allow unlimited electric power input to the grid by "non-carbon -fuels" energy technologies. See the example 2013 FIT program at: https://www.gru.com/TabID/3824/Default.aspx 3-Accelerate the deployment of Ocean Current/Wave Electric Generators by authorizing significant incentives (15-years "zero-tax" moratorium) for private investors to make sales on the grid: http://snmrec.fau.edu/about%20 ) 4-Authorize significant incentives to accelerate the deployment of a fleet of offshore, deep-water Ocean Thermal Energy Conversions Plants to produce electricity, hydrogen and methanol for delivery to state ports and grid: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/otec.html%20 5-Accelerate the R&D efforts to exploit deep ocean hydrothermal vents for energy conversion to hydrogen, methanol and electricity and issue an open/renewable state Purchase Order for 10 GW equivalents of energy from this sector to stimulate commercial investment anywhere along the 50,000 KM Ring-of-Fire. See NOAA VENTS Program: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/ ; the UN International Seabed Authority at: http://www.isa.org.jm/ ; and, US Navy http://www.navysbir.com/n11_1/N111-071.htm 6-Immediately initiate action items to make all major state highways fully-accessible to electric and fuel-cell vehicles by 2020 7-Halt all development of local and state government properties and assets on low-lying coastal lands subject to a sea level rise of 24 inches 8-Plan to relocate all water and sewage treatment plants, plumbing, landfills, and hazardous materials to a land elevation greater than 15 feet NGVD by 2050 to avoid problems due to sea level rise 9-Support, fund and promote a large-scale R&D program ($50 M/yr) for low energy nuclear reactions (LENR) technology in the state; provide a 20-yr tax-free incentives program for commercialization of viable reactors and products for the state's wholesale and retail markets. Designate SRI's-McKubre as the Chairman on a Board of Technical R&D Advisors. Contacts: Dr. Graham Hubler (University of Missouri) http://iccf18.research.missouri.edu/ Dr. Peter L. Hagelstein (MIT, USA) http://www.rle.mit.edu/bio-hagelstein/ Dr. George Miley (University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, USA) http://researchpark.illinois.edu/directory/lenuco Dr. Michael McKubre (Stanford Research Institute International) http://www.sri.com/research-development/chemical-biological-radiological-nuclear-and-explosives-defense Dr. Frank Gordon (SPAWAR (retired), US Navy) Dr. David J. Nagel (George Washington University, USA) http://www.seas.gwu.edu/david-j-nagel Examples: http://climate.nasa.gov/news/864 http://www.lenr-cars.com/ http://defkalion-energy.com/ http://brillouinenergy.com/ http://www.blacklightpower.com/ http://www.globalenergycorporation.net/Publications.aspx and http://www.globalenergycorporation.us/ 10-Provide a 20-year tax-free incentives program to all companies investing in commercial production of electricity from inland, geothermal resources An idea submitted to the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change submitted in July 2013 is attached for consideration and support in Congress. |
Attachment |
www.arb.ca.gov/lists/com-attach/2-draft-update-sp-ws-AG4CZQRxV20FbAdp.pdf Original File Name: National Incentive Plan 6-2013.pdf
Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2013-10-02 10:55:22 |
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