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New Cars in California Must Display Global Warming Score
GreenBiz News ^

Posted on 07/07/2008 10:18:06 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55

OAKLAND, Calif. -- California is making it mandatory for cars to be labeled with global warming scores, figures that take into account emissions from vehicle use and fuel production.

(Excerpt) Read more at greenbiz.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: arnoldlegacy; climatechange; environment; global; greengovernor; transportation; warming
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To: reagan_fanatic

ROFL, I like it.


21 posted on 07/07/2008 10:29:25 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (www.pinupsforvets.com)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
carbon credit tax applied to the cost of vehicles that don’t meet the standard.

No way, they'll keep changing the standard to continue raising taxes.

22 posted on 07/07/2008 10:30:20 AM PDT by MaxMax (I'll welcome death when God calls me. Until then, the fight is on)
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To: MaxMax

Exactly.. because new taxes are never repealed.


23 posted on 07/07/2008 10:31:44 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: Ben Mugged

24 posted on 07/07/2008 10:31:54 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.)
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To: BallyBill

Exactly....


25 posted on 07/07/2008 10:33:48 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: ConservativeMan55

California needs to be split into two states. San Franfreeco and Oakland need to be in Southern California.


26 posted on 07/07/2008 10:34:04 AM PDT by RC2
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To: ConservativeMan55
Hilarious. Cigarettes are legal and they are jumping through hoops to let you know how dangerous the habit is......but yet it's legal.

Makes no sense.

27 posted on 07/07/2008 10:34:11 AM PDT by stravinskyrules (Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?)
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To: ConservativeMan55

This is a fascist tactic.


28 posted on 07/07/2008 10:34:35 AM PDT by RightWhale (I will veto each and every beer)
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To: Para-Ord.45
Through a study by CNW Marketing called “Dust to Dust,” the total combined energy is taken from all the electrical, fuel, transportation, materials (metal, plastic, etc) and hundreds of other factors over the expected lifetime of a vehicle. The Prius costs an average of $3.25 per mile driven over a lifetime of 100,000 miles - the expected lifespan of the Hybrid.

That study came to its conclusions by making a HUGE estimate on the cost of disposing of it. $3.25/mile for 100,000 miles = $325,000. Even if the car were made from pure energy (no labor, no materials, just pump in electricity and out come the cars), that would leave about $300,000 to run and dispose of it. 40 mpg and $4/gallon would be $10,000 for fuel. Toss on a few thousand extra for repairs and consumables (also made from pure energy for this thought experiment) and you still have over $280,000 left for the disposal expense.

29 posted on 07/07/2008 10:35:15 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Whale oil: the renewable biofuel for the 21st century.)
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To: RightWhale

And even if you don’t live in California.. this is a sneek peek at what the rest of the country will soon be facing.....


30 posted on 07/07/2008 10:36:09 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: ConservativeMan55

Somebody needs to find the anti-smoking poster of Nazi Germany to juxtapose with that.


31 posted on 07/07/2008 10:37:02 AM PDT by GOP_Raider (Sarah Palin can be my running mate anytime.)
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To: GOP_Raider

Hmmm I will see if I can find that...


32 posted on 07/07/2008 10:38:01 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: ConservativeMan55

California is the first state of pass such as law, and a similar law will take effect in New York for 2010 model year vehicles. Global warming scores will be included on the state’s DriveClean website.

While this law is intended to help consumers take into account emissions while purchasing cars, a proposed law in the European Union would require E.U. public sector bodies put a price on emissions.

A law endorsed by the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety would make governments put a monetary cost on the emissions of vehicles they plan to purchase, and add that to expense calculations. The law would exclude certain types of vehicles, such as ambulances and fire trucks.


33 posted on 07/07/2008 10:38:18 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: Para-Ord.45
I used to own a cabin 300 miles north of Toronto, and about 100 miles due East of Sudbury. I've driven from my cabin to Sudbury about 6 times and the first part of the trip has an environment you'd expect: Beautiful forests and lakes filled with wildlife. As the trip progresses, the forests disappear, the lakes are a beautiful blue, but are totally devoid of either plant or animal life because of acid rain. Within 50 miles of Sudbury, the landscape is mostly rock with little soil and almost no vegetation. I've seen "the Stack" and you can almost draw a line from its base north-south and everything to the east is dead, and to the west, because of the prevailing westerly winds, only partially dead.

Canada is working to fix the problem, but it will be decades before the east recovers, if ever.

34 posted on 07/07/2008 10:39:29 AM PDT by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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To: ConservativeMan55
The Louiswu 1 - Global Warming - 0

What a bunch of dunces.
35 posted on 07/07/2008 10:42:29 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Just say NO... to Hillary and O'Bama)
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To: ConservativeMan55

Or they can just have the owners of gas guzzlers wear a yellow arm band perhaps. /s


36 posted on 07/07/2008 10:45:08 AM PDT by commonguymd (Freedom and individual liberty is for everyone, including the odd and weird people like you.)
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To: Para-Ord.45

I’ll bet the lifetime cost/mile of my 1965 Chevy PU with 1,300,000 miles in it is under 25 cents!


37 posted on 07/07/2008 10:47:26 AM PDT by dalereed (both)
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To: commonguymd

That’ll be the next thing....


38 posted on 07/07/2008 10:49:10 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: upier

PING


39 posted on 07/07/2008 10:49:29 AM PDT by upier ("Usted no es agradable en America" "Ahora deporte Illegals")
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To: upier

PING


40 posted on 07/07/2008 10:49:32 AM PDT by upier ("Usted no es agradable en America" "Ahora deporte Illegals")
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