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| Construction Vehicle Emissions Exceed Goal, so California Will Move the Goalposts |
| 2010-09-20 |
| The California Air Resources Board admitted recently that today's off-road diesel equipment will easily meet the state's emission goals for many years to come. However, the board is not giving up on pushing forward its regulatory agenda of monitoring and controlling the emissions of the industry's construction fleets. So that means we can rachet up the goals to make it even safer until it is perfectly safe in the event there is anyone left to build anything. "The implementation of this regulation is coming at a time when the contractors can ill afford to fork out millions of dollars to retrofit a fleet of vehicles that has an expected life span of over 30 years," says the Associated General Contractors of California. "Considering that CARB's goals already have been met, enforcing the regulation will only exacerbate the ability to create jobs -- and that's what this state needs right now." Then, to add fuel to the fire - In April, AGC presented a study prepared by Sierra Research using CARB's revised data showing that California's fleet emissions are less than 28% of what state officials had estimated. Further, earlier this year, it was discovered the lead scientist in a CARB study on particulate matter falsified his academic credentials. Oversight. Happens all the time. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #3 so California Will Move the Goalposts Mindlessly heading for zero. Then what? |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-09-20 23:07 |
| #2 When I first heard the prhase " Man caused disaster", I thought of California. |
| Posted by: notascrename 2010-09-20 21:44 |
| #1 The regulators are bound and determined to regulate the state out financial existence. Throw the public unions in California into the mix and you have a Greek tragedy in the making. The rest of the country will be asked to foot the bill for California's folly. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-09-20 16:45 |