CARB,
We have a Code Red Climate Emergency requiring a large reduction
in CO2 emissions, by 2030. If we fail, eventually, most life forms
on the planet will cease to exist. Our species will suffer a
"devastating collapse of the human population", to quote a 2005
issue of Scientific American. We will go extinct. We are on that
path and it is unlikely we can get off that path because we refuse
to face our predicament squarely and hire systems engineers to
design a set of feasible, enforceable mitigation measures that will
achieve the required 2030 level, for LDVs (cars).
For example, on Page 4 you write, "These emission reductions
will help stabilize the climate and reduce the risk of severe
drought and wildfire". "Help" stabilize? Is that all we need to do?
We must get more specific. Much more specific. We must realize that
climate mandates are what counts, not California climate
mandates.
Cars emit the most of any category. CARB needs to have a Plan
showing a set of specific measures (enforceable & feasible)
that, taken together, will achieve the 2030 climate-stabilizing
requirement.
I have attached such a plan in the Zip folder. It has been peer
reviewed numerous times. I have presented it numerous time at
conferences. Please read it and lets make it more precise. Note
that there are 2 kinds of measures: those that improve fleet
efficiency and those that reduce per-capita driving. This process
does not seem to recognize that both things must be designed
together, to get the needed reductions. When working the problem,
it becomes obvious that both sets of measures are needed. I am sure
my could be improved. They are not unique. My primary contribution
is to derive the mathmatical relationships to make the choices to
solve the problem. I know that strong measures need to be
implemented ASAP. So we need to implement the most important
measures and keep working to improve the Plan. When the end of 2030
gets here, we need to have the problem solved in such a way that
other states will follow us. Then we will hope we will be lucky and
hope that there was some margin of safety in the specified
reductions. I have no measures to get renewable electricity but it
is clear from my work that getting to 80% renewable, by 2030, is a
requirement and getting that 80% value to be even larger, would be
a great help.
At Lockheed, when I wrote a report, it had to solve the problem.
I knew it would be peer-reviewed by people that had to find every
weakness, or they would lose their job. I knew that if my mistakes
were too serious, I would lose my job. The problem was that the
flight systems we were designing would be flown and if they failed,
Lockheed would lose billions of dollars.
The world of Climate Action Plans, Regional Transportation
Plans, our climate emergency, our governments, our governement
agencies, and so on have no need to actually solve problems. They
only need to make a little progress and sound like they are solving
the problem. Climate is not like other problems. It will kill us
all, unless we achieve what the climate scientists are telling us
what we must achieve. It needs a systems engineering
approach.
I have uploaded the report, the slides used to present the
report a car parking sytems-engineering report that defines the
parking problem, and a slide show on parking with an emphasis on
employee parking. Regarding parking, I have included an email from
Keith Jones, the CEO of ACE parking. He wants to help. But can
goverment grasp the importance of having car-parking systems that
improves the way we pay for the use of parking? Please understand
that need.
I hope you will contact me.
Highest
regards,
Mike Bullock
Mike
Bullock
1800 Bayberry Drive
Oceanside, CA 92054
760-754-8025
Former
California Democratic Party Delegate, 76th Assembly District
(author of 2 adopted resolutions and 5 Platform
changes)
Former
Elected (now Associate) Member of the San Diego County Democratic
Party Central Committee (author of 5 adopted
resolutions)
Satellite
Systems Engineer, 36 years (Now Retired)
Air and
Waste Management Association published and presented
papers:
Author, The
Development of California Light-Duty Vehicle (LDV) Requirements to
Support Climate Stabilization: Fleet-Emission Rates &
Per-Capita Driving
Author, A Climate-Killing Regional
Transportation Plan Winds Up in Court: Background and
Remedies
Co-author, A Plan to Efficiently and
Conveniently Unbundle Car Parking Cost