To whom it may
concern:
The Proposed Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation is
a detrimental regulation to all commodities and goods in
California. To
enforce such a regulation without proper funding to each individual
who owns a truck that is in business in the global supply chain
industry is criminal.
Such a regulation will cost producers and consumers
dearly. The only
select general population who isn’t affected are those in
government and legislation who do not know the inner workings of
the trucking industry.
Lowering emission in one industry does not and will not
solve the world problems.
We need to look at other option, as in Shanghai. Where they have found was
to utilize their emissions for a cleaner future. We as a nation are so
focused on electric energy that we have stopped searching for other
means to make this world a cleaner place. It seems electric energy is promoted to further
furnish funds into this market to up the value of one’s
stock. This
regulation is highly fraudulent in nature. Let’s really be open
to other means of clean energy and do right by the trucking
industry, who has endured so much over the last several years. This promoting of electric
vehicles will ultimately deplete our copper resources. Due to the high value of
electric market, we as a nation fail to look a the other resources
we will destroy along the way. There are no Zero Emission truck available that can make
it between the Central Valley and the Port of Oakland (or LA/Long
Beach) on one charge, and each charge takes a minimum of 6 hours.
How can the industry be expected to purchase something that does
not exist? The lightest Zero-Emission truck on the road
today weighs 12,000 lbs. more than an average diesel truck of the
same model. That means cargo weights will be slashed by as much as
30% per load. There is little to no charging
infrastructure for trucks at this time. The port
congestion the industry has seen the past couple years will pale in
comparison to what will happen if the industry cannot replace
trucks after 1/1/2024.
Please urgently halt the
un-necessary regulation and for once do right by the people in this
nation.
Truly,
Trinity Parreira
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