There were probably more than 200 people in the meeting and most of those in attendance testified to the serious economic hardships that would result from AB 32 regulations. One of the few who spoke in favor of the regulations was a representative of a company who stood to make considerable profit selling the soon-to-be-mandated particulate filters. He acknowledged that there were serious problems with the filters, but he was “confident” they would eventually get them right. He was loudly booed by the audience.

After the close of public comment, one of the CARB board members asked the senior staff representative to respond to the many comments that the regulations would create economic ruin. The staff member replied that there would be cost increases, but “the businesses could simply pass those costs on to the consumer”. People in attendance gasped.

AB 32 and the whole global warming/climate change fiasco is, without a doubt, the greatest scam ever perpetrated. My question is whether there is a single member of CARB who ever worked for anyone other than government or the environmental conflict industry?

2 million years ago an ice age occurred, covering much of our lands. 20,000 years ago, the glaciers melted.

The Grand Canyon and Yosemite, just to mention a few of our majestic and awe-inspiring national treasures were formed by those melting glaciers.

Humans and industrialization are the purported cause of today’s CO2, but in the ancient past there were no humans on the planet nor human driven industrialization.

Our lifestyle has become dependant upon the chemicals and by-products from crude oil that drives other industries such as agricultural, pharmaceuticals, medications and medical supplies, processed foods, cosmetics, plastics, automotive parts, asphalt for roads, computers, iPhones, etc.

Going green puts emphasis on photovoltaics and electric vehicles, two high-cost alternatives that receive extensive subsidies from federal and state governments.

Solar and wind may be attractive alternative sources for electricity, but neither can manufacture the 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.

Next unnecessary effort to save the world since they failed to do so with MTBE which caused tens of thousands of fuel tanks to be swapped out and it still didn’t help stop a cancer causing agent like MTBE from getting into the water (we swapped out 40+ of these locally).