First Name | Ryan |
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Last Name | Fulcher |
Email Address | rjf2008@dolio.net |
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Subject | Increase the ZEV mandate to 250,000! Don't lower it! |
Comment | I support your agenda to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25% by 2020. The most promising way to reach this goal is to give consumers the choice to buy Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEVs), like your electric Tesla Roadster. Unfortunately, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) may reduce the number of ZEVs required of automakers by 90%, settling for only 2,500 from 2012-2014. Please ask your appointed CARB chair, Mary Nichols, to 1. Require the full 25,000 ZEVs that automakers had promised for 2012-2014. On second thought let's reverse the proposed trend and require 250,000 ZEVs be built by automakers, and 2. Create a separate requirement for plug-in hybrids that lets them replace the dirtiest vehicles in CARB's regulations, rather than the cleanest ZEVs. Come on Arnold, If I can convert my Prius to a PHEV in my garage surely the automakers can build them too. Even so, my mild 10 mile Prius PHEV conversion which is good for my wifes local commutes doesn't help me commute 60 miles each day, but a 120 or 140 mile EV sure would! If it could be done 10 years ago, surely it could be done even better and cheaper and on larger scales today. You must realize that the hydrogen fuel cell that the Terminator was powered by in the movies is just that, a movie prop. EV Batteries on the other hand have been around and in wide use for 100's of years. In the last ten years they have become even more powerful and energy dense. Build us some production facilities for Lithium-ion batteries, give Americans jobs, and lower the price of the remaining expensive piece of electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles! Do it by increasing the mandate requirements NOT reducing them! Choice for consumers means cleaner air for everyone. L8r Ryan |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-03-15 19:33:42 |
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