Governor signs bill to curb car exhaust to fight global warming

Associated Press ^ | 7-22-02 | ROBERT JABLON

[Oldeconomybuyer]

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gov. Gray Davis signed the nation's first bill Monday to combat global warming by restricting the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from vehicles.

Carmakers and auto workers waged a multimillion-dollar campaign to fight the bill, which calls for emission standards that apply to new cars and light trucks beginning in 2009.

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[jdontom]

They said the sky was falling about unleaded gasoline," Davis said. "They said it about the catalytic converter. They even said it about seatbelts and air bags. But friends, the sky is not falling. It's just getting a lot cleaner."

This is a very unique quote from the great one grayout davis, I heard the same quote from a member of the sierra club yesterday about this same bill. I wonder if Davis is taking orders from the Green Machine, looks like it to me!

Davis=Big Woss who can't thank for himself.

[gubamyster]

In related news, Davis spokesman Gary South said Davis plans to pursue a bill to reduce the activity of breathing by Californians to further reduce CO2 emissions. "Californians are just breathing too much, and we hope to reduce CO2 by requiring all those who live in California to take shorter breaths, thus exhaling less polluting CO2 into our atmosphere.” South said Davis had no comment on how Sacramento legislators plan to reduce the large cloud of hot air emitted daily from the Capital building. However he suggested that anyone with a plan could submit it to the Governor, along with a large donation to expedite review of their plan buy Davis.

[ZGuy]

he signed AB 1493 on a hot, smoggy day along a trail in Griffith Park flanked by pine trees.
Total lie.
I'm 10 minutes away.
It's currently 77 in Griffith Park (and he signed the bill earlier in the day when it was even cooler) also it is definitely not a smoggy day -- in fact the sky is blue and the visibility is very good.
I guess the facts wouldn't help Davis so they figured they'd just make them up in order to "help" the readers throw their support behind Davis and this legislation.

I'm on the look out for the petition to sign to repeal this law. I'm sure some good Freeper will post it as soon as it is available.

[snopercod]

I'm betting that AlGore is banging the bongos and puffing on a stogie right now.

[Buckwheats]

No, Tipper's doing the bongo thing (on Zoloft) and Big Al is puffing a doobie.

[laredo44]

The measure "will ultimately have a huge impact on the health of our world" and might even help the U.S. war on terrorism by creating higher-mileage cars and reducing dependence on foreign oil, Reiner said.

Once a meathead, always a meathead. Never a leader. Mr. Reiner could, of course, permanantly reduce his personal consumption of the earth's resources to, say, the level of one Ethiopean to show everyone how committed he is to this issue. eliminate air conditioning at his residences and offices. Biking to and from appointments. Go for it, Rob.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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What a bunch of B***S*** Davis is!

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[Euro-American Scum]

In related news, Davis spokesman Gary South said Davis plans to pursue a bill to reduce the activity of breathing by Californians to further reduce CO2 emissions.

Gas Police! Stop that breathing! You're under arrest!

[snopercod]

Big Al is puffing a doobie. ROFL! Hope his mountain-man beard doesn't catch on fire...

[snopercod]

Thanks for the eye-witness Wx report. FReepers rule!

[Dratlatl]

I have the perfect solution for CA, and it should make everyone happy without imposing any new requirements on the rest of the country.

Let the car manufacturers build a machine that meets their new, improved standards and make that model available to them. It will, aside from keeping the air cleaner, go from 0 to 60 in 27.8 seconds, seat 3 semi-comfortably, and cost $40,000 (before options).

[sheik yerbouty]

What kind of car does "Meathead" drive? Stuff him into a Yugo or a Trabant. Time the gasbag lefties in Hollywood put their money where their mouths are!

[John Jorsett]

It can't be said often enough: this bill does absolutely nothing to 'clean the air'. It would restrict greenhouse gases, which every one of us is exhaling right now.

It's no coincidence that the signing took place at the Griffith Observatory. With the smoggy sky of Los Angeles as the backdrop, most people are going to be under the impression that this bill is about pollution, which it emphatically is not.

[John Jorsett]

Meathead drives a hybrid. He must have to grease himself up to get his bulk wedged into the thing.

[goldstategop]

Funny thing is its merely a matter of time before they make breathing a crime. The enviro wackos would applaud. They think we should just get off Mother Earth and let it revert to the state it was in before humans came along to change her. God forbid they ever get serious about the proposition.

[Schatze]

... Stuff him into a Yugo ...

That would be like trying to fit an elephant seal into a Yugo.

[Schatze]

They think we should just get off Mother Earth ...

I have a better idea. Why don't we round up all the eco-freaks and catapult them to Pluto? They certainly wouldn't have to worry about global warming there.

[Edmund Burke]

Does anybody know if there are any auto factories still operating in California. If so, the Big 3 could close them down and move the production back to Michigan.

[tubebender]

I saw a clip of Doofus at the signing and guess who was there and spoke...Robber redFORD...gag!