Friday, December 10, 2010

Job creation, health, and the economy not war and decline.

The administration is Flogging the same "cost" dead horse despite the evidence of GM. If the American auto industry won't let them see that they are protecting dinosaurs instead of the economy what will? EPA rules need to be tightened now 
so that new technology can enter the market and invigorate business. Otherwise we will CONTINUE TO have war and decline.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703493504576007622632878748.html

The Obama administration is delaying a decision on whether to tighten limits on ground-level ozone, the third time in less than a year that it has put off the potentially costly environmental rule in the face of congressional and industry pressure

And this San Joaquin County ruling early this week shows that, in addition to Jerry Brown leaving AG being a loss, these rules still take decades and lives in the millions before being enacted in very piecemeal fashion.. 
  
This ruling also shows why federal standards need to be tightened. They should be set to equivalent DALY deaths with crashes instead of the present 3X. Another problem is that the CARB July 2007 regulations on off road Diesel doesn't become fully realized till 2020. And rail, port, agriculture, and fleets in compliance. And we  know from who killed the electric car that this period can bring about inequitable change from rule reversals or delays.

I don't like the idea of the developer paying in lieu fees. For one the mitigation measurers have not been shown to be effective for operational emissions (even though this wasn't in the challenge.) What kind of a solution is it when a community group must bring suit to made the site perform for local health needs decades later? We need to be vigilant of the Air Districts shenanigans with hydrogen buses, bike sharing, etc. The standard, not the subsidy, should force the technology. Let technologies compete for success in the market. There are many clean "technologies" of yesteryear like walking, bicycling, and slower speeds enabling neighborhood electric vehicles on the same network pattern as successful transit that work today.