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I support your agenda to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25% by
2020.

The most promising way to reach this goal is to give consumers the
choice to buy Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEVs).

Please do not reduce the number of ZEVs required of automakers by
90%, settling for only 2,500 from 2012-2014. Even mandating 25,000
vehicles is a compromise, but progress nonetheless. 

I, along with thousands of other citizens, am asking that the Air
Resources Board:
1. Require the full 25,000 ZEVs that automakers had promised for
2012-2014, and
2. Create a separate requirement for plug-in hybrids that lets
them replace the dirtiest vehicles in CARB's regulations, rather
than the cleanest ZEVs.

American auto manufacturers have proved that they are capable of
producing highly performing electric vehicles, after the original
mandate was instated. We can do even better, and the Board has the
power of influence. 

Certainly the ZEV Mandate is an important facet of the California
governmental response to global warming, among landmark bills like
AB 32 and SB 1 from recent legislative years. CARB is charged with
the duty to protect the quality of air, a most essential component
in the ecological commons. Industry can actually be a partner in
this responsibility to preserve and improve air quality.

The Cabrillo College Student Senate, representing 15,000 students,
will discuss and take a stance on the issue this week. I ask that
CARB take this into consideration when it deliberates on March 27.


Thank you,
Ryan Kaplan
Legislative Representative,
Cabrillo College Student Senate