California transportation fuels are already at the highest cost in the country and our California fuel taxes are the second highest and to begin in November, the “energy” auction of AB32 that CARB refers to as the Cap and Trade auction, will start increases in the cost of energy and transportation fuels never seen in California. Two of the most recent and comprehensive studies ever published – analyzed the cumulative market impacts of AB 32 on California’s fuel industry and, by association, the state’s economy. Both reached sobering conclusions for the California economy.

• The Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) “Understanding the Impact of AB 32 (www.cafuelfacts.com)
• The study by Andrew Chang & Company for the California Manufacturers & Technology Association. http://cmta.net/page/AB32.php#AB32report

AB32 may result in an additional $2.00 or more cost per gallon over the next few years to our already high cost of transportation fuels.

If we eliminated the 34 million cars, trucks, busses and motorcycles and all rode zero emission vehicles or rode bicycles, we could only improve the world’s greenhouse gasses by1%. Solar and wind may be attractive alternative sources for electricity, but neither can manufacture the transportation fuels, chemicals and by products out of crude oil that drives the majority of industries that are the foundation of our quality of life and our economy. Californians will incur additional costs, mostly by those that can least afford it for a minuscule fraction of 1% reduction in the worlds greenhouse gasses.

The public has spoken with their support for slightly cleaner air, and defeating Proposition 23 that attempted to stay the economic disaster from AB32, without knowing the cost impact on the California economy. In the event the public sees that the costs associated with their decision is too much to bear, the public can speak up again and give the Governor an opportunity to issue an executive order to stay AB32 and prevent economic disaster for the California economy.

With California unemployment among the highest in the country, and Californian experiencing a net out migration of businesses and citizens, and the deficiit continuing to grow, the Governor has the sole power as written into AB32 to issue an executive order under dire economic conditions, to stay its implementation. Interestingly, it’s the LCFS that was a last minute executive order by Governor Swartz egger, which Governor Brown can stay with his own executive order.

The natural variability of climate is completely ignored in their models. Glaciers were rolling of Yosemite about 10 or 12 thousand years ago. The Pleistocene aged ended cira that timeframe; the earth warmed and mankind flourished.

Global warming is why we are here in such numbers!

They blame the hurricanes. The word hurricane is of Indian origin and predates Anglo settlement of North America thousands of years.

Then they outsource our jobs and production to the worst climate and labor violators on the planet. How do they get away with it?

These are sick people, in charge and running us into the ground…for what?