Global Warming on FreeRepublic
Posted on 05/27/2007 12:01:38 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
If California wants to achieve its goal of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions 25 percent by 2020 to fight global warming, it must find a way to cut down the biggest source of those pollutants: cars, trucks and other motor vehicles.
Even though transportation contributes 41 percent of greenhouse gases, our society is too geographically dispersed and mobile to realistically expect that we can dramatically reduce the number of miles we drive, ride and fly. So that means our vehicles need to become far more fuel-efficient. The less gasoline per mile that a car uses, the less heat-trapping carbon dioxide it spews into the atmosphere.
National fuel-efficiency gains have stalled for years as automakers peddled gas guzzlers while fighting every attempt to raise overall mileage standards.
California, which has a long history of pioneering environmental protections for the rest of the country, must take the lead again.
Assemblyman Ira Ruskin, D-Los Altos, with help from environmentalists at the Union of Concerned Scientists, has crafted an innovative bill, AB493, that uses a market-based approach to push drivers and automakers toward cars that emit less carbon dioxide.
State lawmakers should pass it.
The fees could make heavier-duty vehicles more expensive for some people who really need them. But supporters were careful to carve out exemptions for very small businesses, the poor and the disabled. And because new fuel-sippers would be cheaper after rebate, that also should push down the price for used cars that get good mileage, helping low-income commuters.
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| LOSERS | |
| Hummer H2 | $2,500 |
| Dodge Viper | $2,500 |
| Dodge Ram | $2,500 |
| Ford Expedition | $2,490 |
| Chevrolet Avalanche | $2,541 |
| Toyota Sequoia | $2,271 |
| GMC Yukon | $2,188 |
| GMC Sierra | $1,888 |
| Chevrolet Silverado | $1,814 |
| Dodge Dakota | $1,810 |
| Chevrolet Tahoe | $1,766 |
| Ford Explorer | $1,624 |
| Audi S8 | $1,549 |
| GMC Safari | $1,463 |
| Chevrolet Astro Van | $1,370 |
| Chevrolet Trailblazer | $1,333 |
| WINNERS | |
| Chevrolet Malibu | $694 |
| Honda CR-V | $751 |
| Nissan Altima | $839 |
| Mazda B2300 | $885 |
| Honda Accord | $930 |
| Toyota RAV4 | $993 |
| Toyota Camry | $1,062 |
| Volkswagen Jetta | $1,282 |
| Chevrolet Cavalier | $1,292 |
| Mazda Protégé | $1,344 |
| Volkswagen New Beetle | $1,351 |
| Dodge Neon | $1,388 |
| Hyundai Elantra | $1,458 |
| Ford Focus | $1,585 |
| Nissan Sentra | $1,668 |
| Toyota Corolla | $2,192 |
| Honda Civic | $2,266 |
| Toyota Prius | $2,500 |
Where are the other 95% of all manufactured autos not on this list?
That being asked, I don’t mind if Kalifornia runs all production and consumption out of the state forever.
people=carbon so let bring 12,000,000 more into this country. they also buy the older gas hog cars and pickups.
Provide, please, the scientific rationale that supports the belief that carbon dioxide does “trap” heat in the atmosphere.
Or is this something like the “phlogiston” theory that was so popular before the discovery of oxygen?
Because apparently some people have no clear idea of where oxygen comes from.
The primordial atmosphere of earth had NO oxygen, though there was an ample supply of methane, ammonia, carbon dioxide and water vapor, plus smaller amounts of sulfur dioxide, and the ‘noble gases’ like krypton, neon, xenon and argon. There was also some helium, but most of that escaped to outer space. Radon goes through continual breakdown by radioactive decay.
Bogus science which justifies raising taxes . How convenient.
Actually, the Earth acts pretty much like a black body. Making the earth whiter (the albedo) doesn’t lower temperature much because it reduces both absorbtion and emission.
It is true that Carbon dioxide does reduce thermal emission, but so does water, and there is a bunch more water in the air than there is C02.
“Provide, please, the scientific rationale that supports the belief that carbon dioxide does “trap” heat in the atmosphere.”
There ya go. There is no rationale. There is no common sense, there are no brains; there is nothing but control, destruction and greed.
Some published books give credit to one of the most humble life forms for "terraforming" the place:
Stromatolites from cyanobacteria.
Some of the fossils are 3 billion years old, but the structures these bacteria build are still growing in different places. Shark Bay, AU is famous for them.
Would it be too much to ask these nitwits to repeal their global warming mandate and concentrate on something serious, such as mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants?
Horse manure
The pulp and paper industry is the fifth largest consumer of energy
Paper manufacturing process is one of the most environmentally Un-friendly industries there is
I'm thinking the newspaper industry, earth defilers and energy wasters that they are would be a little more sensitive to the needs of the little people.
Indeed. IIRC, it’s about three percent.
Global Warming on FreeRepublic
“Even though transportation contributes 41 percent of greenhouse gases, ...The less gasoline per mile that a car uses, the less heat-trapping carbon dioxide it spews into the atmosphere.””
The writer is an idiot.
And what about the sun? Since the sun controls the climates of all the planets in our solar system, isn’t something going to be done about the sun? No sun tax? No matter how many hours a day it warms our planet? This is preposterous!!!
Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
That settles it. I’m keeping my gas-guzzling 403 cu. in. V8
Pontiac until Al Gore personally tries to take it away from
me (heehee - I’ll push his head even further up his a$$).
Not just one SUV — we’ve got an Expedition and an Explorer and our daughter has an Explorer. And just how long do you think it will take for this anti-capitalism, pro-totalitarian grab to spread out across the country?
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