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California puts green tags on new cars
The Los Angeles Times ^ | 7-7-08 | Colin Ryan

Posted on 07/07/2008 7:03:46 AM PDT by Crazieman

All new vehicles on sale in California will soon have to display their green credentials. This is a new scheme implemented by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). From January 1, 2009, stickers like the one seen here will carry information about the environmental performance of every vehicle they’re pasted into.

There will be a ‘Global Warming Score’ (based on greenhouse gas emissions from driving and fuel production) and a ‘Smog Score’ (pretty much self-explanatory), both rated on a one-to-ten scale, with ten being the cleanest. And, similar to warnings on cigarette packets, they will say: ‘Protect the environment, choose vehicles with higher scores.’

“This label will arm consumers with the information they need to choose a vehicle that saves gas, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and helps fight smog all at once," says Mary Nichols of CARB. "Consumer choice is an especially powerful tool in our fight against climate change.”

“For most people in California, driving a car is the number-one way they pollute,” says Spencer Quong, senior vehicles analyst with the Union of Concerned Scientists. Potential customers can already find the relevant facts on the internet (though not necessarily with a ratings system from one single body), but Quong says: “These labels are simple and straightforward, and will make identifying a greener car easier than ever.”

Californians buy more than 1.5 million new vehicles each year, making up about 10% of the total U.S. new vehicle market.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: agw; california; cargrabbers; climatechange; environazis; environment; globalwarming; globalwarmingscare; greenieweenies; junkscience; nannystate; pseudoscience; starkravingsocialism; thegreenmenace; transportation
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To: wbill
When the SNL commercials show up satirizing the green movement, we'll know that the fad is over.

They are already satirizing themselves. When I hear the radio on and hear the guitar strumming, birds chirping and the folksy guy start talking about how good asbestos (or whatever) is for global warming, I tune it out (their facts are completely wrong) but try to figure out what kind of taxpayer subsidies they are trying to get.

41 posted on 07/07/2008 12:19:24 PM PDT by palmer (Tag lines are an extra $1)
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To: Crazieman

They’ve been doing this in our local paper for some time now. (Austin,TX.)


42 posted on 07/07/2008 12:24:28 PM PDT by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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To: SierraWasp

I’m also very proud of my DIL and older son.

Their Exploder after 8 years of off and on running needed to be traded in.

Our DIL ignored the smog one and got a GMC good size crossover that is safe, burns regular and still gets about 20 mpg.

She wasn’t about to put her children and neighbor’s kids into a littly bitty hybrid. First, not all of their gear and the kids could get into a little hybrid. Last but most important was the safety factor of the bigger vehicle.


43 posted on 07/07/2008 12:43:36 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (America's Mugabe, the Obamination.will bring Mugabe Change to America!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The UCS is a front for various environmentalist groups. Does that answer your question?
44 posted on 07/07/2008 12:48:28 PM PDT by Constitutionalist Conservative (Global Warming Heretic -- http://agw-heretic.blogspot.com)
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To: Grampa Dave

True again! And I simply love your new tagline!!!


45 posted on 07/07/2008 1:51:19 PM PDT by SierraWasp (I'm not against the environment, just GovernMental EnvironMentalism!!! (our new state religion))
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To: Crazieman; Entrepreneur; Defendingliberty; WL-law; Genesis defender; proud_yank; FrPR; ...
Thanx !

 




Beam me to Planet Gore !

46 posted on 07/07/2008 2:14:07 PM PDT by steelyourfaith
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To: Crazieman

My next vehicle will be a half ton pick-up. With high fuel prices, in a year or so the price of them will drop even further than they already have.

A compact car would be of little or no use to me with the things I do and where I live.

For all the greenies who like to gripe and moan, I’ve yet to meet one who will miss an opportunity to fly to Europe (or any other enlightened destination) for the sake of reducing their ‘foot print’.


47 posted on 07/07/2008 2:18:07 PM PDT by proud_yank (Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
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To: Crazieman

It’s only going to take a couple of feet of sea level rise to take out Sacramento. Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of folks. Really.


48 posted on 07/07/2008 2:57:34 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Crazieman
The CARB idiots in California spend their time coming up with silly regulations like this one. And we need to know this when we buy a car, why exactly?

"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 Palelologus

49 posted on 07/07/2008 3:24:13 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
They want get us of the car... and the Left wants the auto industry to display their alarmism on every car sold in California!

"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 Palelologus

50 posted on 07/07/2008 3:26:48 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: umgud

Why the zero? Erase the 1 and live dangerously.


51 posted on 07/08/2008 6:21:58 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS
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To: umgud

Yes, I know it’s a one to ten scale... I wonder if there is anything out there they’d actually try to rate as a zero.


52 posted on 07/08/2008 6:22:56 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS
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To: Crazieman

Everything thats nuts comes from the LAND OF NUTS AND FRUITS.


53 posted on 07/08/2008 9:58:31 AM PDT by AlexW (Reporting from Bratislava, Slovakia. Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
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