Hi All:

The actual post was objecting to Toyota's joining of a lawsuit to block California's new law to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. This would mainly be done through increases in fuel efficiency of the fleet. The California Air Resources Board has concluded that the consumer would save money through lower operating costs and fuel savings if their regulations were implemented.

___I have not followed all the links but one thing that really stands out about CARB is the whole idea of forcing higher FE from the manufacturers by engineering it into new cars. Every single one of us knows the best answer to lower GHG emissions is to improve real world FE by both lowering the speed limits and enforcing them. These simple actions have both real and measurable results today, not some time down the road … The 75 to 80 mph average highway speeds in and around the California’s is making California the worst of all the states (the worst of all countries in fact!) in terms of CO2 emissions and until the California state government realizes this, their lack of sensitivity for the rest of the world is so glaringly obvious as to make their CO2 limiting legislation a farce.

___If California lowered their speed limits, actually enforced the lowered speed limits, and mandated lower CO2 output (higher FE), then I would be all for it. Unfortunately, California is doing no such thing.

___Good Luck

___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net