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Thanks to that ZEV mandate, it has been proven that Battery Powered EVs ("BEV") are *possible*. They do work, and will suffice for the daily commute of up to 120 miles per day. How do I know this? Like many others who found out about BEV, I have lived virtually oil free since 1997. I have found out about the animosity of what I call "the Oilies", who fight us at every turn, demanding that we return the cars, refusing to issue them, sabotaging them via regulations and otherwise. For more than 3 years, despite these obstacles, I commuted to work each day easily in an EV, to Century City, downtown L.A., Santa Ana, mid wilshire, Eagle Rock. Without problems! So it is possible for us to live oil free, as the old CARB pointed out. Maybe you don't want to, maybe it will take time to get used to it. YOU don't have to drive a BEV. Not everyone has to give up gas cars; all we are asking is to be ABLE TO BUY THE CARS ON THE FREE MARKET!
Yet CARB has now rolled over and yelled "ouch!" to the oil and
auto industries. They are poised to eliminate the ZEV mandate, instead,
proposing to "wait for fuel cells". But fuel cell vehicles are
problematic, even if they are feasible, it would be 15 years
So what can we do? Roll over, too, and suck up on foreign oil and the
bush-cheney oil import scam for another generation? Accept the bad air,
and move away if we are rich enough, dooming less fortunate children to
massive nightime emissions from the This odious child abuse occurs late at night, when the little ones are sleeping. The noxious, poisonous fumes, that we speed by on the freeway, glad to "pass" the bad air area, creep into their rooms, choking them with evil chemicals. They cannot escape, they depend on society to keep the air clean. Then the next day, our failing bureaucrats are "surprised" to find that kids are plagued with ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, and other lung troubles. Their answer? Give the babies an inhaler, to suck steroid chemicals to soothe the pain from their torn lungs! On Mar. 27-28, an outrageous meeting of CARB tried to push through the death of ZEV, and the myth of "hybrids" and "wait for fuel cells". Some members of CARB did not go along with the evil plot, so they postponed the meeting until next month, Apr. 24. Over 80 EV drivers, and those whose EV was taken away, traveled up to 400 miles, forced to stay over, only to have to battle to be able to exercise their Bagley-Keene Act (Brown Act) rights to speak their piece. Yet auto makers, who got paid to attend, who were prejudiced, got all the time they wanted to schmooze and gossip with the Board. In one case, at least, an EV driver was deprived of his right to speak because the Ford guy droned on and he had to leave to catch his plane. CALL DR. ALAN LLOYD, chair of the fake AIR RESOURCES BOARD, and give him a piece of your mind. How dare they take the Taxpayer money, and fail to protect the air!
Dr. Alan C. Lloyd, 916-322-5840 alloyd@arb.ca.gov If you are one of those brave souls who mailed a comment to the Air Resources Board last week, you got a fatuous message from them telling you that you were "too late" to comment! Perhaps what is needed is a march on ARB headquarters, and a picket line of clean air ZEV drivers, to show them that they cannot duck this one. Tell Lloyd you DEMAND to be heard, the bad air is here, all the time, not only when ARB wants to listen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.
PUTIIDHEM WINS COURT VICTORY! This is just exactly what we, and the lawyer retained by the Juanenos, tried to tell them would happen. But they bulled along, on the wing-ding theory of one of Mr. Tim Busch's over-paid staff. Sometimes I think that it's bad advice, that is the enemy, the developers are just sold a bill of goods at $200 per hour (or more). Now, there might be an initiative, and this will take door-to-door and other informational solicitiation. There is every reason to believe that this vote, if held, would be WON, because SJC people do NOT like thousands of car trips for a regional high school that desecrates a sacred site! ------------------------------------------------------------------ 3.
APRIL 5-6 EL CAMINO POW WOW
EL CAMINO COLLEGE 5th INTERTRIBAL POW WOW DRAWINGS
FOR BIG PRIZES Special Welcome to California First Nations Head
Staff CONTEST DANCING Free
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