First Name: | STEVE |
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Last Name: | SYMONDS |
Email Address: | symondsbuilding@gosnc.com |
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Subject | SUBJECT: AB 32 SCOPING PLAN |
Comment |
"Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the recent EJAC community workshops. I own a small business located in Sonora,Tuol.County. Although I don't have any employees I am impacted by the cost of living and environmental regulations. We have found it increasingly difficult to keep up with the rising costs of fuel and utilities, much of which are related to existing environmental and climate change laws that are much stricter than those in other states. I'm not just a business owner, my family and my employees live and work in this community. EJAC was created to be a voice for vulnerable communities like my region and make recommendations under the AB 32 Scoping Plan. We support reasonable regulations to improve our air quality, but strongly believe these regulations must be cost-effective and provide measurable environmental improvements that demonstrably justify the cost. California already has the cleanest energy and the lowest emitting industrial facilities in the country. And small businesses and low-to-moderate income communities already spend a higher than average percentage of their budgets on utilities and energy. Small businesses are a vital contributor to California's economy and make up the largest job-creating sector in the state. Before EJAC advocates for costlier regulations that could put a small business like mine out of business and our employees out of work, please consider the costs, and promote only those that are affordable and will deliver truly meaningful air quality benefits for our communities. Furthermore, some of the restrictions already implemented are self defeating. One example would be the introduction of adjustment resistant carburetors on landscaping equipment. The result of this is home owners replacing otherwise good equipment & adding to the landfill crisis by dumping perfectly good equipment.A diesel engine is still the most energy efficient engine developed and I strongly disagree with your efforts to eliminate these. As a species the human race has developed a system that relies on ever increasing populations to become consumers to buy ever increasing products. Furthermore products are increasingly "disposable" instead of repairable. Now we have the ability to view from space our tiny planet, how long will it take to come to the inevitable conclusion that the only true environmental responsibility is to reduce our numbers? Thank you. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2016-08-02 05:11:19 |
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