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AB32 requires that funds realized from Cap and Trade auctions be
invested to reduce greenhouse gases, and to benefit poorer and
disadvantaged members of Californian Society.

SoCool Inc. has a proposal to directly addresses these
requirements.
SoCool's Cool Breeze product will directly address the GHG
emissions problem, by keeping parked vehicles cooler using Solar
Power. The effects of using Cool Breeze are directly proven by
scientific papers produced by the National Renewable Energy
Laboratories (NREL), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and
by international studies in the area of vehicle cabin temperature
control.
It is estimated by NREL that an average of 20-21% of all vehicle
produced GHGs can be prevented by a technology like Cool Breeze.  


Green House Gas reduction Proposal
SoCool's proposal is to use CAT revenue to fit Cool Breeze units
into every State, City, Town owned vehicle, thereby reducing that
agencies fuel costs, and reducing directly emissions produced by
those vehicles. To also over a relatively short period (5-10 years)
fit this technology into every new and used private vehicle and
commercial vehicle operated in California.
The direct benefit in GHG emission reduction will the be largest
ever obtained in any previous attempt, and larger than any proposed
to date in California.
This technology has already been tested and studied by NREL, and
SoCool's version of it will be tested and reported on by NREL by
end July 2012.

Sub Proposal to address disadvantaged people and areas of
California.

1. Reduction of emissions will directly affect disadvantaged areas
by reducing GHG emissions along the freeways of California.

2. With a government mandate to fit these units to all vehicles
will come a large number of jobs performing these installations.
Our Distribution partner, Signature already operates in California,
and will require to significantly increase manpower over the entire
state in order to fulfill a high implementation rate. These jobs
will be created in all areas of California, including many
disadvantaged areas. In addition Signature presently educates
members of it's dealer network (country wide) and welcomes new
dealers with assistance and training for all it's products. 
    A/ Should an implementation of the order be proposed. it would
mean a large number of new dealers signed up, and a large number of
personnel required to provide the numbers of installations
required.
    B/ Special dispensation can be arranged to give disadvantaged
businesses (identified by Government) be given priority to join
Signature's dealer/reseller network.

This is an initial proposal at present at would be expanded upon
with discussions between CARB, SoCool/Signature, and Other
interested parties. However it is a proposal that not only directly
addresses two main tenets of AB32, but also allows State and Local
Governments to directly benefit with reductions of fuel costs. It
is expect that a high level of fuel savings can be obtained using
NREL's numbers on the amount of fuel used operating air
conditioning systems in vehicles.

NREL derived numbers:
A NREL study suggested that 79% of all vehicle journeys are of a
duration of 30 minutes or less. Between these journeys the vehicle
is parked, and heating up to high levels if parked in the sun. 
SoCool's Cool Breeze keeps these parked vehicles at ambient
temperature, lowering the need to operate the air conditioner at
full speed to "cool the cabin down". 
During the periods that the vehicle is moving, and the A/C is on at
full speed (trying to lower cabin temperature) the vehicle is using
the equivalent extra fuel to operating the vehicle at 35MPH.
A major problem is that the vehicle is not likely to have cooled
the cabin during the "30 Minute" journey and is therefore just
going to heat up again faster, causing another full A/C journey
later.

NREL also states that on average the reduction in fuel use by not
operating the air conditioning is approximately 20-21%, with also
leads to a 20-21% drop in emissions.

Therefore using NREL's numbers, 79% of all journeys will elicit a
20-21% fuel saving, and emission reduction if the vehicle cabin is
kept at ambient temperature while parked.
It is therefore also possible to say that all agencies that used
SoCool's Cool Breeze can expect a general reduction in fuel costs
of 20-21%, and with therefore also reduce emissions by a similar
amount.
If California was to implement a complete state wide installation
of Cool Breeze, the state would show a 20-21% reduction in
emissions by the end of this period which would be the most
significant drop in GHG emissions in state history.