Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 03/26/2009 9:58:31 PM PDT by Steelfish
Calif. tire rule aims to pump up fuel efficiency
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press Writer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California officials have decided to require auto repair shops to check tire pressure, a move they say will save millions of gallons of gasoline.
The state Air Resources Board on Thursday adopted a resolution requiring repair shops to check tire pressure whenever they perform maintenance, oil changes and smog tests, beginning in July 2010.
Regulators hope the idea spreads to other states. The U.S. Department of Energy has estimated that proper tire inflation can boost gas mileage by about 3.3 percent.
President Barack Obama suggested during his campaign that proper tire inflation should be part of an energy-conservation plan. Republicans mocked him, but GOP candidate John McCain later agreed that tire maintenance is a good idea.
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There’s no sign of brain activity in CA these days.
Great.
Something else that Schwarzeneggar and the Democrats can now tax...
Why did they put it off for 15 months. The real offenders never see the inside of a licensed shop...
OMG, is this Micromanagement or not. Who is going to police this BS. What tire pressure is to be used, That on the sidewall of the tire (which may NOT be O.E.), that designated inside the door for the O.E. tire, or that designated by the Vehicle owner, sales manager of your dealership ( wants the cars to ride really Nice) My call as a 33 year Master tech or someone else. Its a nice Idea, It JUST DON’T WORK.
California, lol!
Flee. Just flee.
Are they trying to be Michigan, a state where after you graduate from the flagship university you leave?
Running higher pressure truck tires (80 lbs. max rating) will have one walking back and forth begging the cashier to hit the switch which allows the air compressor to function. Otherwise, one has to pay. 75 cents seems to be minimum. Totally "free" air is rare. (i know of a few places --- but I ain't telling where).
It's no wonder many people rarely or never check their tire pressure.
But on the other hand, having air hoses at all the fuel islands very often became a major pain (and no small expense) to maintain for station owners & operators.
The theme of the book will be civil disobedience, aimed at the Marxist environmentalists.
I want to open the book with the protest being acted out, in one city, but the book will make clear that the protest is being repeated in every single State, in as many cities as possible.
A tire will be placed in a trash can, and soaked with gasoline. Then, then, a match will be thrown into the trash can. This will, of course, cause smoke that will be seen for miles. The use of the trash can will be for purposes of safety, it will not be the intent of any protester to cause any danger to life or property.
The “signal” of course, will be seen for miles and miles.
As people notice, and emergency vehicles respond, fliers will be passed out, which state the obvious falsehoods of the “global warming” hoax.
A United States Flag will be flying upside down, in distress mode, close to the burning tire.
In hundreds of cities, in all 50 states, hundreds of people repeat this act of civil disobedience, simultaneously. Volunteers will pass out fliers with the pertinent political justifications.
In some cases, nobody will be arrested. In some cases, the authorities will realize that we are setting them up for a court battle that they do not want.
However, in those cities where an arrest is made, we swing into action:
This is “Free Speech” which you have upheld, at the United States Supreme Court, where a United States Flag was involved. In this case, we did not burn the flag, we burned an old, useless car tire. However, the United States Flag, in distress mode, was an integral part of our protest.
The use of the car tire was deliberate, as this protest, itself, is against the tyranny of the environmental movement, its lies and its power hungry grab for power.
Our protest is a protest you do not have to agree with, but our protest is one that the United States Supreme Court MUST uphold! After all, if it is a “Constitutional Right” to burn the flag, it is entirely conceivable that someone could burn thousands upon thousands of flags, at the same time, and STILL be protected by the Supreme Court of the United States, is it not?
And, we will also remind the liberals, in this book, that they have limited our rights to free speech and dissent, through the “fairness doctrine” or clones there of.
In each city, all across the country, the person who handles the care tire, the gasoline and the matches will agree, ahead of time, to go all the way to the Supreme Court, if needed, to assert Free Speech protections.
Smoke signals have been around for centuries.
The purpose of the smoke signal was to make a political statement and to generate a crowd.
And, once we get the Courts to understand that we have free speech rights, to burn tires, just like the flag burners have free speech rights, to burn flags, we let the liberals know:
We will burn tires, in every city of the country, until they back off on any carbon tax!
Apparently you won’t be able to buy a black or other dark color automobile in California either. Takes too much air conditioning to cool down a dark color vehicle.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/25/california-to-reduce-carbon-emissions-by-banning-black-cars/
Jack
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