Dear Chair Randolph and CARB Board,
I am alarmed at CARB's Draft 2022 Climate Change Scoping
Plan. It does not seriously reduce GHG produced by fossil
fuel refineries. It relies heavily on CCS (carbon capture
technology) that is still in its infancy and experimentation, and
which certainly is not yet at a scale to have a significant impact
in a short time frame. The plan puts heavy reliance on "blue
hydrogen" production to reduce greenhouse has emissions.
Research has already shown that blue hydrogen production can
produce methane leaks which are more intense than coal. In
addition, the plan puts undue reliance on biofuel feedstocks
without creating strong control over their source. While
often portrayed as "waste" most of the feedstock is and will be
coming from soy, canola and caorm which are already having a seveve
impact on global food markets and deforestation. Biofuel
reduces carbon by only about 2% to 4% according to the
International Council on Clean Transportation, a well respected
non-profit organization that CARB is familiar with and rely on for
information.
Overall, these aspects of your plan seem like an oil refinery
owner's dream proposal, and will not produce the strong changes
needed to address climate change in our State. We NEED change
and are long overdue for the appropriate policies needed to make
it. CARB is charged with helping to direct these
changes. Such proposals as described above in your draft
indicate worse than business as usual - it indicates the demise of
California's reputation as a climate leader.
We all deserve - indeed NEED, better. I urge you to
re-assess your priorities in crafting a policy that Californians
require and are demanding from our government.
Sincerely,
Kim Stryker
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