[alloysteel]

Cars will cost more. They already had specialized rules for California in relation to emissions, and nobody was buying Voltsmobiles then. Is this an effort to force sales of modified golf carts? Batteries are not good enough yet, to provide wheelspin from a standing start. Or more than a few miles running time.

What we need are some good old-fashioned road locomotives. Burning soft coal.

[NormsRevenge]

Soft coal? Aren't there a lot of coal reserves under Indian lands or somewhere in the west? We could trade 'em casino chips for coal.

[cogitator]

Californian emissions bill - a new global warming fight

Two excerpts:

"California officials concede that even if the state is successful in legislating a reduction in vehicular greenhouse gas emissions, that alone will do little to stop the overall rise in world temperatures.

While the United States contributes roughly 25 percent of the global greenhouse gasses, California - long a national leader in tough air pollution regulations - is not among the top offenders."

and

"We have reasons to believe that some of the northeastern states are looking very closely at what's going on here," said Jim Boyd, a member of the California Energy Commission.

Shosteck of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers said opponents of the measure were mulling their options, including an effort to put a referendum on the bill on the November state ballot and a possible legal challenge to California's right to override federal fuel efficiency standards.

"This bill is all pocketbook pain and no environmental gain," Shosteck said. "The Air Resources Board wants everyone driving around in golf carts."