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California: Emissions bill senator's smoke and mirrors win (Cal Sen Burton gets credit )
The Orange County Register ^ | July 6, 2002 | JOHN HOWARD

Posted on 07/06/2002 11:23:30 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Edited on 04/14/2004 10:05:14 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

He cloaked it in the shell of another bill, using budget chaos as cover.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: burton; calgov2002; california; davis; emissions; globalwarminghoax; knife; nationaldemoagenda; republican; simon

1 posted on 07/06/2002 11:23:30 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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2 posted on 07/06/2002 11:25:13 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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WHAT THEY DRIVE

Opponents of the tailpipe-emissions bill accused some members of the Legislature of hypocrisy for supporting the bill while driving less-than-fuel-efficient SUVs at taxpayer expense. How valid is the allegation?

Assembly lawmakers who opposed the bill drive cars that average about 19.1 mpg, or about 9 percent less than the state average of 20.7. Supporters’ vehicles average about 21.5 mpg, or about 7 percent better than the state average.

In the Senate, bill supporters’ vehicles average about the same as the rest of the state, while bill opponents’ mileage was about 9 percent less.

Just under half the members in each house drive SUVs, mostly Ford Explorers. One lawmaker, Gloria McLeod, D-Chino, drives a Toyota Prius, a hybrid vehicle that averages 48.5 mpg.

Here is how the Orange County delegation voted on the bill, the vehicles they drive and the mileage they get. All cars listed here are leased by the state as part of the legislators’ benefits package, except for John Campbell’s and Joe Dunn’s, which are privately owned.

 

Vote on AB1493

Vehicle

Miles per gallon (city / highway)

ASSEMBLY

Pat Bates
R-Laguna Niguel

No

1999 Dodge Durango

13/19

Bill Campbell
R-Villa Park

No

2002 Ford Explorer

16/21

John Campbell
R-Irvine

No

2002 Saab 9.3

23/33

Lou Correa

D-Santa Ana

Did not vote

1997 Ford Expedition

12/18

Lynn Daucher
R-Brea

No

2001 Cadillac Catera

17/24

Tom Harman
R-Huntington Beach

Did not vote

2001 Chrysler 300M

18/26

Ken Maddox
R-Garden Grove

No

2000 Ford Explorer

15/23

SENATE

Dick Ackerman
R-Irvine

No

2001 Ford Explorer

14/22

Joe Dunn
D-Santa Ana

Yes

1993 Cadillac Seville

18/22

Ross Johnson
R-Irvine

No

2002 GMC Envoy

13/22


3 posted on 07/06/2002 11:29:16 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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Experts say weapons exist for tailpipe war

But automakers insist carbon-dioxide emissions cannot be eliminated.

July 6, 2002

By JIM WASSERMAN
The Associated Press

Smoother-rolling tires, quick-shifting transmissions and even credits for telecommuting. These are ways California may curb carbon-dioxide emissions if Gov. Gray Davis signs AB1493.

Though California's proposed war on tailpipes doesn't begin until 2009, experts and automotive authorities say there are countless ways to wage it. They cite prospects for more hybrid gas-electric cars and engines that shut down at traffic lights.

They also tout cleaner-burning natural gas.

Among suggestions are financial incentives for fuel-efficient tires that increase mileage by 5 to 8 percent and greater use of natural-gas fuels to cut carbon-dioxide emissions by 20 percent.

"There are continuously variable transmissions that shift through large numbers of gears and smoother transmissions that are not on the market, but are on the shelf," offers Russell Long, director of the Bluewater Network, the San Francisco-based environmental group that backed bill.

"It may be slightly more expensive," he says, "but not much."

Jerry Martin, spokesman for the Air Resources Board, which would write regulations to implement the law, says automakers won't have to invent new technology. He cites technical improvements already in motion to make cars cleaner and more efficient. Among them: variable cylinder valve timing to cut carbon-dioxide emissions about 5 percent and cylinders that stop when the vehicle isn't moving - cutting emissions up to 6 percent.

Solutions that aren't in the mix include new taxes on gasoline or sport utility vehicles. The Air Resources Board also can't force carmakers to sell lighter vehicles, require lower speed limits or make Californians drive less. Those restrictions on the air board were added to the bill to undercut an auto industry advertising blitz that suggested all were possibilities.

A consortium of 13 American, European and Japanese automakers is vowing to explore "any option" to block the bill. Industry lobbyists have long maintained that no technology exists to remove carbon dioxide from vehicle exhaust.

4 posted on 07/06/2002 11:32:36 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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5 posted on 07/06/2002 11:35:11 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
It seems to me that the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution should allow the Feds to overrule this legislation, but with the current US Senate it won't happen.
6 posted on 07/06/2002 11:46:21 AM PDT by Free the USA
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Next they'll label H2O as a pollutant and try to limit the emissions.
7 posted on 07/06/2002 11:50:33 AM PDT by balrog666
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; homeschool mama
Do you have any idea how angry this makes me?????? Thank you for putting that list up, Ernest.
8 posted on 07/06/2002 11:55:15 AM PDT by Brad’s Gramma
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Can you write a letter to the editor at the Register (link above) w/this chart?????? There's a WHOLE LOTTA SUV'S here...big ones. People need to know this b/4 the election, and start talking about it now.
9 posted on 07/06/2002 12:01:25 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This is rediculous. Not only was it a cheap, unfair shot in the way they passed this bill, it doesn't go into effect until 2009 -- long after all the assemblymen and governor are termed out. These democrats are total weasels.
10 posted on 07/06/2002 12:11:43 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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If Simon gets in, can he overwrite/rule/whatever that phrase is.... this pos????
11 posted on 07/06/2002 12:22:58 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma
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To: Brad's Gramma
I'm not surprised at all in the deceptive practices of the dems. What evil lurks. David routinely has passed legislation in the wee morning hours in order to line his personal pockets and allow him great political power. His actions are no different than the dem scum sucking up to him.
12 posted on 07/06/2002 12:24:36 PM PDT by homeschool mama
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
But it was all done according to process..

Burton IS what he IS .. A Pox on this state along with all the rest of the conniving, commie, pinko, socialist, liebral, lying Sacks'of Kaa-Kaa...
DUMP DAVI$




GO SIMON


13 posted on 07/06/2002 12:28:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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Call Governor Davis at 1-800-988-2588 and ask him to veto AB 1493.

Maybe if his answering machine is full of calls from angry voters, he'll stop this insidious bill. It's worth a shot.

14 posted on 07/06/2002 1:59:41 PM PDT by Schatze
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I think, he will get rewarded by the National Party for signing it!

Too many of the top national Leaders are lobbying for it!

I don't understand what is up with that but they clearly want it and have taken extreme measures to get a State Legislature to pass the bill. Now they can trumpet it and ramrod it!

It is not about California, I am convinced!

15 posted on 07/06/2002 2:40:40 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Brad's Gramma
No. He will need a bill from the assemby/senate to repeal it. Or, the people can pass an initiative to repeal it.
16 posted on 07/06/2002 3:12:30 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
IF I were running the Republican attack ad campaign, I'd joyously crucify these rats over this in the run-up to the election.

Fortunately, the polite gentlemen who operate the Cal GOP never saw a golden opportunity they could not ignore or botch, so they will remain silent.

Oh well.

--Boris

17 posted on 07/06/2002 9:23:06 PM PDT by boris
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I agree that it's not about California; this is just a testing ground.

But it will be hard for the DNC to reward Davis if he loses the election. The DNC leaders don't get to vote in California -- we do. And the gov is politically savvy enough to understand that.

18 posted on 07/07/2002 12:30:52 PM PDT by Schatze
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