Getting individuals out of their cars by raising gas prices and emission standards will only kill the economic infrastructure we have in place in this state (California). The public transportation in Los Angeles cost me more ($60 a day on metro) than driving my 2003 silverado.

Being that I want to do my part, I have started using a product that has taken my hydrocarbon emmisions from 6 parts per million to 1 part per million (that is an 80% decrease in pollution out of my tail pipe), also the product comes with an oil treatment that now I only have to change my oil every 9,000 miles instead of every 3,000 mile (that is now 2/3 less oil I use on an annual basis).

I just love how we have a chance to lower emissions and use less oil by at least 30% without killing our way of life and all we want to do pass laws to force this on others.

Getting individuals out of their cars by raising gas prices and emission standards will only kill the economic infrastructure we have in place in this state (California). The public transportation in Los Angeles cost me more ($60 a day on metro) than driving my 2003 silverado.

Being that I want to do my part, I have started using a product that has taken my hydrocarbon emmisions from 6 parts per million to 1 part per million (that is an 80% decrease in pollution out of my tail pipe), also the product comes with an oil treatment that now I only have to change my oil every 9,000 miles instead of every 3,000 mile (that is now 2/3 less oil I use on an annual basis).

I just love how we have a chance to lower emissions and use less oil by at least 30% without killing our way of life and all we want to do pass laws to force this on others.

Getting individuals out of their cars by raising gas prices and emission standards will only kill the economic infrastructure we have in place in this state (California). The public transportation in Los Angeles cost me more ($60 a day on metro) than driving my 2003 silverado.

Being that I want to do my part, I have started using a product that has taken my hydrocarbon emmisions from 6 parts per million to 1 part per million (that is an 80% decrease in pollution out of my tail pipe), also the product comes with an oil treatment that now I only have to change my oil every 9,000 miles instead of every 3,000 mile (that is now 2/3 less oil I use on an annual basis).

I just love how we have a chance to lower emissions and use less oil by at least 30% without killing our way of life and all we want to do pass laws to force this on others.

An asthmatic in an acute attack who can’t breathe will have no hesitation at all deciding what is most important.

Hold your breathe a few minutes and then tell me if you think breathing is not important.

And don’t tell me that you don’t have asthma so it doesn’t matter to you. Anyone can get asthma at anytime. And the number of people who have new and recurring asthma attacks is growing everyday.

Don’t bother to tell me I don’t know what I am talking about. I’m a respiratory therapist.

California is in a world of hurt economically, and by driving up the cost of their locally sold cars to “solve” a global problem, they are putting that much more weight on their citizens’ shoulders.

California’s biggest problem may soon be that its residents, seeing the resulting debt of California’s social programs that address every problem known to man, can simply move out of the state to avoid the tax hikes and cuts in services that must come.

Don’t get me wrong, I think we should reduce our usage of petroleum fuels, for many reasons. But California’s inability to manage its budget is taking away its ability to “make a political statement,” because their taxpayers can’t afford it.

At some point they have to decide which programs are the most important. They can’t all be “the most important.”

Because I do believe the scientists that say we must reduce greenhouse gases to mitigate climate change, I think we need to learn how to live with whatever costs are involved with reducing the worlds greenhouse gases. Part of the cost is going to be negotiating fair trade treaties that allow for tariffs that encourage lower greenhouse gas production for each unit of production. Another part of the cost is going to be using solar and wind energy. A good byproduct will be more local production of all sorts of goods.

Since when does the economy trump all else?

The last sentence of the 3rd paragraph says it all for me. “…makes no specific predictions or calculations”.

It sounds like the arguments I have with my 5 year old.

California Parent: “We’re introducing stricter emissions standards.”

Spoiled Public Child: “NOOOO!! That’s bad! That’ll increase unemployment and ruin the economy!”

CP: “Really? How so and by how much?”

SPC: “I don’t know. It just will. Billy McEnergy Company says it will, so it must be true.”

Great logic.