The collective
business community has deep concerns with CARB's Climate
Change Scoping Plan. The decisions made and the path chosen will
have a profound impact on all Californians, dictating how they must
run their businesses, what cars they can drive, where they can
live, and what stove they can cook with. Life as we know it in
California will be altered going forward.
Major
implications for businesses and individuals in California,
include:
• Increasing costs to
businesses, especially agricultural and transportation
sectors
• Employment/Jobs –
despite a growing population, these policies will cost California
over 85,000 jobs
• Higher utility costs
disproportionately impacting inland and rural communities
• Eliminating consumer choice by mandating electric
vehicles, appliances, residential, and commercial
buildings
• Worsening our electric
grid reliability by pushing electrification without infrastructure
in place, thus increasing the likelihood power outages
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