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Comment 3 for Design Comments for the GHG Scoping Plan (sp-design-ws) - 1st Workshop.


First Name: Margaret
Last Name: Adrian
Email Address: Gramamag@aol.com
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Subject: AB32
Comment:
I congratulate CARB for recommending implementation of mandated  
energy standards, muscular energy efficiency measures, and clean
vehicle requirements.  
 
However, CARB must go farther if we are going to make the major
changes needed to prevent catastrophic changes to our climate. 
Please include in your Final Scoping Plan steps to
·        Reduce vehicle miles traveled
·        Speed up production of zero-emission vehicles
·        Boost recycling rates
·        Auction off any emissions permits
·        Limit offsets
·        Minimize air quality impacts in our most-polluted
communities.
 
 
Thank you very much for all your hard work.
 
 
[Your name and address]
 
 Suggested additional issues to choose from as recommendations to
CARB:
 
·        Transportation produces about 40% of greenhouse gas
emissions in California. CARB should work for electrification of
commercial, public and private transportation.
·        I want to end my own production of GHGs. Help me by
creating a Battery Electric Vehicle Partnership.    
·        Please mandate more land use planning that will reduce
the need to drive, so that increasing vehicle use doesn’t erode
the gains from fuel efficiency and low-carbon fuels.    
·        Please call for fast-tracking regional mass transit
infrastructure, including Bus Rapid Transit programs (especially
on existing freeway HOV lanes), expansion of Amtrak service,
high-speed passenger rail, electrified commercial transport, and
wise locations for transit station locations in neighborhoods.
·        Recognize and encourage Community Choice Aggregation
(CCA), which allows local governments to combine buying power of
all customers in their jurisdiction for purchasing electricity.
·        We need “Lifecycle tracking” of manufactured products,
prioritizing reusables and locally-manufactured items.
·        Utilize the powerful carbon reduction potential of zero
waste---- reducing waste by design in manufacturing process, then
reusing, recycling or composting products.
·        Offsets from sinks, such as planting trees or avoiding
tree cut-downs, should not be allowed, since they are too
difficult to measure and often under-perform. 

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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2008-07-01 15:38:26



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