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I WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT YOU TO VOICE MY CONCERNS OVER YOUR PLANS TO
LOWER THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN CALIF. THOUGH I AM
FROM OHIO, I FEEL THAT BOTH YOUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY ARE DOING A
GRAVE DISSERVICE TO THIS TECHNOLOGY BY GIVING UP ON THESE PREVIOUS
GOALS! YES THEY ARE GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE, BUT THIS IS
WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT GIVE UP AND POSTPONE THIS
DIRECTIVE. THE TECHNOLOGY IS THERE, AND WITH MORE WORK IN THE
BATTERY FIELD THESE VEHICLES WILL BECOME EVEN MORE  PRACTICAL
ALTERNATIVES TO OUR INTERNAL COMBUSTION CARS. 
GRANTED THEY WILL NOT COMPLETELY REPLACE THE REGULAR ICE CARS,
WHICH HAVE THE ADVANTAGES OF LONGER RANGE AND POWER, BUT FOR THE
GREAT MAJORITY OF COMMUTER AND LOCAL TRAFFIC WHERE REGULAR CARS
ARE OVER-POWERED, OVER-POLLUTING AND OVER-USED, THE EV CARS ARE
THE BEST AND SIMPLEST SOLUTION TO LOWERING BOTH POLLUTANTS AND OIL
DEPENDENCY.
SO, AS A PERSON WHO HAS MADE HIS LIVING FOR 30YRS, DOING INTERNAL
COMBUSTION ENGINES, I FULLY SUPPORT THE ORIGINAL GOAL YOU HAVE
SET, AND THIS IS ALSO THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT A FINANCIAL
INCENTIVE FOR THE LARGER AUTO MAKERS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND
REFINE MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES. SAYING THAT THE TECHNOLOGY ISN'T
GOOD ENOUGH YET WOULD BE LIKE TELLING TH WRIGHT BROTHERS THAT
THEIR PLANE PROBABLY WASNT VERY GOOD EITHER... WE NEED TO MAKE ALL
THESE INITIAL STEPS, WHETHER THEY ARE THE BEST SOLUTION NOW OR NOT,
THE ADVANCEMENT CAN ONLY CONTINUE WITH SUPPORT AND COOPERATION TO
REACH ALL OUR ENERGY GOALS. 
THOUGH THIS IS JUST A SMALL PIECE OF OUR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
PUZZLE, WE NEED TO USE IT AS AN INCENTIVE, NOT AN EXCUSE, FOR WHY
WE CAN OR CANNOT IMPROVE BOTH OUR CLIMATE AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
RESPECTFULLY YOURS,

TIM MEEHAN, PRES.
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