Brad Staub
Clerk of the Board
California Air Resources Board
1001 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814
RE: Title 13. Public Hearing to Consider Proposed Advanced Clean
Fleets Regulation
I write in strong opposition to the proposed Advanced Clean
Fleets rule as I believe it will have
significant negative ramifications on the state of California.
Mandating the transition to zero emission
fleets, at a time when there is limited and an extremely costly
supply on the market for heavy duty ZEVs,
a lack of comprehensive infrastructure in the state, and we are
grappling with an unreliable grid, will
only serve to drive up the costs of all goods in the state, and
increase the cost of living for many of us
who are just trying to survive.
It will also create immense uncertainty surrounding the
availability of goods, many of which are critical
necessities, if these ZEV heavy duty vehicles cannot travel at a
comparable distance to their internal
combustion engine counterparts. Breaks or bottlenecks in our
supply chains will have extensive
consequences on the economy, which could create shortages and
further increase the price of goods.
This proposal will be the most damaging to our most vulnerable
communities and residents in the state.
I am deeply concerned with how the implementation of this
regulation, and the corresponding spike in
prices for goods and fuel due to the increased costs of
operating heavy duty ZEVs, will impact our
seniors on fixed incomes, commuters who must travel far
distances to get to work because they are
priced out of the cities in which they work, and every
Californian who will have to bear the brunt of
increased electrical bills, but most notably, our low-income
households.
For these reasons, I respectfully oppose the adoption of the
Advanced Clean Fleets rule.
Sincerely,
Brad Staub