First Name: | Armando |
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Last Name: | Ramirez |
Email Address: | zerimarac@gmail.com |
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Subject | Waste = Fuel |
Comment |
Reduce Emissions Now and in the Future More than four of every ten Americans live in communities with dangerously dirty air. According to the American Lung Association, over 135 million people are living in places with unhealthy levels of ozone or particle pollution. And the burden of living with unhealthy air is not shared equally; people of color are over three times more likely to be breathing the most polluted air than white people.1 I urge CARB to continue to support the development of dairy digesters and the use of dairy biomethane in the Low Carbon Fuel Standard and other programs. Reducing methane emissions from dairies is critical to achieve the state's overall climate goals and using that biomethane in heavy duty trucks that replace diesel trucks also provides enormous benefits for air quality. Continuing to support dairy digesters is also required by SB 1383 (Lara, 2016) and multiple other laws in California. Low NOx engines are proven, cost-effective and available today for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Moreover, because RNG is used, life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from low NOx vehicles are reduced further. Fueling with RNG also creates new economic development for energy created from wastewater treatment, landfills, animal waste and other methane sources and significantly increases air quality by reducing the amount of methane released. I strongly believe that RNG-operated low NOx vehicles should not just be "allowed" but must be promoted in the CARB LCFS program if emissions reductions are to occur in any reasonable timeframe. Statutory requirements are pressing on California and CARB needs solutions that work now to decarbonize and clean California's environment. Therefore, I request that RNG-operated low NOx trucks be prominent in CARB's strategies as an immediate pathway to a zero emission future. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2022-04-12 10:55:43 |
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