Calif. Governor Signs Landmark Auto Emissions Law

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[InvisibleChurch]

Inri

[EggsAckley]

We are being punished for rejecting MTBE. GO SIMON!

Looks like my year-old Lexus SUV just went up in value.

[ElkGroveDan]

They came for our SUV's I didn't speak out.

They came for our lawnmowers and our barbecues yet still I said nothing.

Then they took away the cows and the other farm animals and still I was silent.

Finally they came for me and said I was exhaling excess CO2. By then however, no one was willing to open their mouth to speak, for fear of producing additional green house gases.

[Wolfie]

I don't suppose there's any chance the auto-industry will tell CA to stick it and just stop selling cars there.

[Free the USA]

fyi

[GingisK]

...including carbon dioxide...

This combustion product is eliminated only by never starting the engine. Are they aware that water is also a combustion product?

[RandomUserName]

To achieve "the maximum feasible reduction" of carbon dioxide, they would have to ban the internal combustion engine.

Then electic engines, because you have to burn something to produce that electricity stored in those batteries.

So commuters will just have to ride bicycles.

But wait!

Breathing creates carbon dixide, too. I guess we'll just have to kill all the Californians.

And all those furrly little critters living there, too.

[KMJames]

very funny

[11B3]

Goodbye California! Welcome to the EU.

[The KG9 Kid]

I told everyone that he'll sign it.

Next prediction: Gray Davis will cruise to re-election.

Further prediction: State houses outside of California will pick up on the "Save the Earth/Kill your SUV" trend posthaste.

[Redcloak]

California Gov. Gray Davis Monday signed a landmark bill making the state the first in the nation to regulate the vehicle greenhouse gas emissions scientists say contribute to global warming.

What a dork.

A few notes on this law: The bill number was changed so as to confuse opposition to it. Its hearings under the new number were held in a broom closet of an office to prevent opposition voices from being heard. It was passed in the dead of night. Some of the "yes" votes were cast by proxy, a practice allowed by Assembly rules. Davis and his cronies attempted to delay the delivery of the bill to Davis' desk to thwart a promised repeal initiative. Which all begs the question: If this law is such a good idea, then why all the sneaking around to pass it?

[mn12]

It's getting to the point that the only thing that's going to un-do this crap is for car dealers in CA to close up and auto manufacturers to quit selling their products there. Imagine every car dealer closed, with a big sign out front saying something like "Closed due to environmental regulations made possible by [Gray Davis, and list of Democrats who voted for it]. We can no longer sell new cars in the state of CA because of this law."

It won't be until that point that the absurdity of these environmental regulations hits home with people and then they'll protest it vehemently. It could be the best thing that's ever happened to CA Republicans!

[dalereed]

Is there an initiatie petition in the works to put this on the November ballot to viod this garbage legislation?

[Saundra Duffy]

There's an initiative in the works. Let the people speak! For victory & freedom!!!

[Uncle Hal]

I hope the auto companies put the lnew law on the November ballot as an initiative to repeal the law. I would think they could the necessary signatures in a matter of days. This law must be killed.

[Redcloak]

Opponents had promised an initiative. There should be just enough time to get it onto the November ballot... The same one with Davis asking to be re-elected!

[dalereed]

I hope that they submit it to Jones TODAY for certification, there is less than one month to get the signatures for the November ballot!

[chimera]

In that event, Gray-man and his lib pals in the CA legislature will probably do what liberals do when things like this happen: pass legislation for more government regulation. IOW, they'll pass a law making it illegal for businesses to go out of business. Then again, if they did that, they might have a problem with the terms of The Emancipation Proclaimation.

Hey, the unions, including the UAW, supported Davis, and still do. They wanted him, now they're stuck with him, and probably will be for another term. I say them them stew. They made their lousy bed, now let them lie in it and squeal like the pigs they are.

[Redleg Duke]

We can only hope.

[Redleg Duke]

Because a bunch of crooks pushed it through.