Is Kalifornia nuts??

[Mudrat]

Full Article HERE (http://wardsauto.com/commentary/california_mad_rush_090223/)

The state says it will reduce greenhouse gases by 33 million tons (30 million t) by 2020 and 55 million tons (50 million t) by 2050. Pretty impressive numbers, until you put them in perspective.

Cars and light trucks account for only 18% of total CO2 emissions in the U.S. In car-crazy California, they account for 27%, according to California Air Resources Board (CARB) data. Even if the state eliminated all automotive CO2, that still leaves 73% of other man-made sources untouched.
Yet it’s the automotive industry in the crosshairs.

Even more telling, California only accounts for 1% of global CO2 emissions. So is it really fixing anything? Besides, it has plenty of greenhouse gases blowing in from India, China and other points in Asia. What’s California going to do about that?

[ironman_gq]

its politicians trying to secure their financial and employment futures at the expense of common sense and American industry :(: What we need is for the public to be aware of the real cause of our problems like the coal and oil fired power plants and manufacturing industries and to take reasonable steps to switching some of these over to cleaner sources or implement technology to clean these sources up. Taking cars off the roads isnt going to do much to curb emissions as most vehicles on the road are less than 15 years old and are therefore relatively clean compared to those in use in other parts of the world.