First Name | Charles |
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Last Name | Plopper |
Email Address | cgplopper@ucdavis.edu |
Affiliation | UC Davis |
Subject | Scoping Plan |
Comment | California Air Resources Board: Subject: AB32 Scoping Plan When completing the Final Draft of the Scoping Plan for AB32, please consider the following recommendations for inclusion. A number of recent studies have emphasized how critical this plan is for California’s future and reinforce the need for this plan to be as rigorous and forceful as possible. The cleaning of the air will be one of the major benefits of this plan. Jane Hall , a Professor at CSU Fullerton and her colleagues, have found that the shortened life spans, childhood illness and lost workdays produced by the polluted air in California’s two most polluted regions currently cost the state approximately $28 billion per year. Reducing the rate of ocean rise will save our coastal cities. The Public Policy Institute of California has summarized the drastic impact which an elevation of between 8 and 16 inches will have on our cities and other coastal resources. In a separate study, Fredrich Kahrl and David Roland-Holst of UC Berkeley have placed the cost of coastline resource destruction at $300 million and $3.9 billion per year, with a total of $2.5 trillion of real estate assets at risk from a combination of sea level rise, wildfires and extreme weather events. As the recent debacle with US automakers, who have fought for over 25 years the very changes in emission and fuel economy regulations which would now render them in the forefront of their industry had they followed them, has shown us, being less than rigorous and aggressive in addressing the issue of global warming will place California at severe risk. Tough measures such as the following must be included in the plan. - The State should auction 100% of permits under the cap. Polluters should pay for their emissions, not be given free permits that subsidize coal and prolong the transition to cleaner energy. - The Scoping Plan should specify that all auction revenues will be used to provide a Dividend to compensate consumers. Given the state of the economy, helping consumers deal with fuel and electricity costs is the best use of auction revenues. - I support CARB's proposal for Carbon Fees on fossil fuel companies to help fund CARB's implementation of AB32. It is critical that Carbon Fees can also provide funding sources for clean technologies, green jobs, energy efficiency programs, and more. Sincerely, Charles G. Plopper, PhD Professor Emeritus University of California, Davis |
Attachment | www.arb.ca.gov/lists/scopingpln08/711-california_air_resources_board.doc |
Original File Name | California Air Resources Board.doc |
Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-11-20 16:55:11 |
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