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First I want to thank the CARB for taking climate change seriously
enough to consider the ramifications.  There's a lot of bad science
floating around out there, and a lot of confusing and contradictory
information even from the people who aren't denying the problem
outright.

This proposal takes a few steps in the right direction.  The
floating limit that adjusts over time, the minimum price on the
emissions, these allow businesses to make incremental changes
rather than forcing a drastic, immediate, expensive shift that will
force businesses to change quickly, relocate in a hurry, or die.

I think it might be worthwhile to consider making gross polluters
pay for their permits, rather than just handing them out to anyone
who wants one.  That revenue can be earmarked for a specific
purpose (public transit, alternative energy, maybe even a fund for
cleaning up environmental disasters like the oil spill that
devastated the Gulf of Mexico not long past) or just stuffed into
the general fund if no consensus can be reached on a more fitting
option.

If we're going to do this, then let's do it right.