First Name | Jeff |
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Last Name | Miller |
Email Address | jrm@astound.net |
Affiliation | None |
Subject | Cap and Trade / Low Carbon fuel |
Comment | I am total disbelief how this agency has any credibility whatsoever! The cap and trade program was originally going to roll out to a western coalition of the west coast states. Every single state has backed out because they don't operate with blinders on. It doesn't take a genius to realize this is not the time to be placing additional strain on businesses in CA. The PM2.5 diesel regulations has forced many truckers out of business already. For what? To save a handful of premature deaths in CA? You still haven't made it clear just how many deaths this entails. How many deaths do you think will be a direct result of 25-50,000 families losing the breadwinner of the household? In case you weren't aware ... poverty kills. If this scam isn't bad enough, now you are forging forward with the the low carbon fuel standard. To achieve this we will ne3ed to blend more biofuels into our fuel. The problem here is we don't make biofuels on the west coast so it will have to be transported in. Have you factored in the pollution resulting from the transportation of biofuels from the midwest. There are so many unanswered questions. Studies and or reports from this agency can't be trusted. 2 independent studies report that 5 yrs after implementation of this low carbon fuel standard it will add .61 to the price of a gallon of gas. This whole thing smells of the MTBE fraud you perpetuated against California. Junk science, incompetence, refusing to take the blinders off seems to be normal mode of operation at CARB. Speaking of MTBE wouldn't it be wise that you aggressively clean up the polluted areas you caused from forcing MTBE into our fuel before you venture in to these new regulations already laced with fraud? Just a thought. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2010-12-08 15:07:44 |
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