Mercury News editorial: Thank California for new U.S. fuel standards

Mercury News ^ | 7/31/11 | Editorial

[NormsRevenge]

The Murky Newz .. still as lefty (now masquerading as green too) as they ever was.. Change? Jobs? yeah. right.

if their papers were any tinier, they'd fit in the cracks in the driveway.. it would match their intellects.

all hot air.

[NormsRevenge]

need to do a re-write of Blame Canada..

now, off to Indy and some combustion engine racing..

[null and void]

I’m sorry!

[traditional1]

Oh, yeah.....Kalifornia.....the State that is BILLIONS in debt, over-run by non-english speakers and sex deviates, and losing ALL the population that can actually think for themselves and earn a living without siphoning off others......what a concept!

Now, with 200mpg, riding roller skates on the Freeways; what a GREAT idea (FOR KALIFORNIA).

[vette6387]

Mary Nichols is a joke! California is the “land of the SUV, and the Pickup.” Now that the state has quit “sweetening the pot” for Prius buyers with the ending of the “carpool lane stickers” for these clown cars, no one is buying them. Even here in California the “producers” still want a safe, comfortable car. When ( and if) we get to 54 mpg cars, they are going to be a drug on the market. SUVs are the byproduct of “mandating” the station wagon out of existence with the original CAFE standards.

[truthguy]

People like Mary Nichols and CARB are a huge part of what's wrong in California. There is simply no reason for CARB to even exist any more. They are a duplication of EPA. Other states don't have equivalents (at least none that I'm familiar with).

Mary Nichols is a complete idiot and buffoon with no scientific or technical training. She's the type of crackpot who started working for busy body government organizations right after she got out of law school (wouldn't you just know it). Now it was super-jerk Arnold Schwarzenegger who appointed this clown to CARB. For all of you who voted for Arnold (and you know who you are), you reap what you sow. Nichols has a fat salary and will get an even fatter pension after she leaves which won't be any time soon with Moonbeam as governor.

As usual, the problem in California is Californians.

[Navy Patriot]

SUVs are the byproduct of “mandating” the station wagon out of existence with the original CAFE standards.

Correct, and almost no one knows this fact.

CAFE killed the station wagon at a huge net loss of fuel economy.

[twistedwrench]

"Per-capita energy usage has remained steady in California for three decades while rising 40 percent in the rest of the nation."

And my PG&E rates have risen 75% in 3 decades.

[mowowie]

My heart flutters.....

THANK YOU CALIFORNIA!!!

[Flycatcher]

Instead, thank California.

Oh, really?

Wouldn't that be like thanking a hooker for giving you a venereal disease...?

[ken21]

bump.

[RayChuang88]

I've actually talked with people working at CARB during the early 1990's and they told me until the wide adoption of engine control computers and fuel injection around 1989, it was actually REALLY hard to get a gasoline engine to meet CARB emission control standards.

But once engine control computers and fuel injection became universally used, it allowed for very precise fuel metering and ignition timing, which made it possible to dramatically lower emissions without hurting performance and fuel economy. Indeed, the current CARB Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle Level 2 (ULEV-II) standard has its EPA equivalent: Tier 2 Bin 5, which most auto manufacturers strive to meet for a non-hybrid engine. The arrival of variable valve timing in the middle 1990's on a larger scale (e.g., Honda's pioneering VTEC system) allowed for even more precise control of ignition timing, and soon conventional gasoline engines could even meet the same emissions standard as those for hybrid vehicles.

Yes, I know a lot of people on FR are skeptical, but with engines now starting to get direct fuel injection and soon a really radical design called homogeneous combustion compression-ignition (HCCI), a small car could get over 50 mpg on the EPA 2008 test, possibly as early as 2015.

[jeffc]

Thank? More like blame, as every dollar that goes into researching how to squeeze more MPG out of a car means another dollar lost to research to replace gasoline powered cars.

[Redcloak]

As usual, the problem in California is Californians.

Except that Mary Nichols isn't a Californian. As a native Californian, I've gotten to where I prefer illegal immigrants from Mexico over the illegals from the rest of the US.

[skinkinthegrass]

Thank California for new U.S. fuel standards

HEY Kalifornia!...

Statewide Edict: All motorized / electronic items,
must banned / disabled in this state
....You...you ...J@ck@$$e$

[Wurlitzer]

Hey Obama, you want to save fuel and reduce air pollution, how about keeping that wildebeest of a wife of yours on the ground for a change and off OUR airplanes using OUR money so she can act like the Jeffersons and moving on up to the East Side with a DELUXE apartment in the sky.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Ugh... those commies are actually PROUD of this travesty.

I swear, the entire state makes me sick.

[truthguy]

Yes, I know she was from New England. But she's been here nearly all her adult life. And she's typical of the type of person who is destroying the state(all the while earning a fat pension). She was appointed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold was elected governor by a majority of California voters. Now Arnold as you know is not a Californian either. But he WAS ELECTED by Californians.

Yes, I know that native Californians are less likely to cause our problems than imports like Schwarzenegger and Nichols. But Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown IS a native Californian and is a huge part of the problem.

[troy McClure]

“Yes, I know a lot of people on FR are skeptical, but with engines now starting to get direct fuel injection and soon a really radical design called homogeneous combustion compression-ignition (HCCI), a small car could get over 50 mpg on the EPA 2008 test, possibly as early as 2015.”

Oh I am so impressed.

My 1972 Citroen 2CV got over SIXTY mpg.

[pmac]

As a Native Californian, who remembers moonbeam from the last time he plundered this state, I tried to educate those who were transplants and those who are too young to remember, but alass it was for not.