Wow, dude, there’s an edit button for posts. Learn to use it so you don’t post 4 messages in a row.
After all that, you really just assumed my gender?
But your assertion that Californians believe the US would be better if they ran it is just more ignorance.
There’s a lot of replies here and replies to those replies, so I’ll forgive you for not reading down ;)
Carnival, not California.
Tiny business case. There are a few companies that do it but getting them registered in California (despite not having any scientifically significant impact on climate) is nearly impossible. Crash after 25 years old doesnt matter.
I feel spread a bit thin since clearly people have been triggered here so I’m repeating myself a lot.
We don’t have leaded gas or CFCs either.
Thanks for adding literally nothing to the discussion and assuming my political party (incorrectly).
That’s literally what happened under Obama - so why does California still have an exemption?
The issue here, as stated by the head of the EPA, is that California has been dictating for the US using their exemption. That wasn’t the intent of the exemption. You could argue that it’s impeding on the rights of other states who wish to use the federal standard to have California speaking for them, rather than the…
But why was there an attempt at a rollback plan in the first place?
And I’m one of them.
The point is that they’d rather take part in grandstanding rather than make a difference that might harm the local port economy. The difference between modern federal regulations (set under Obama) and current California regs aren’t that big. At worst, you’re talking about change in the reduction - not an increase in…
Read again. Diesel auxiliary engines do not power ships from port to port. You’re talking about a drop in the proverbial bucket. Lawmakers here are terrified to lose any of their precious port business so would rather stump against Trump than make meaningful impacts on climate. That gets them re-elected and maintains…
Yeah, that seems to have really triggered some people.
“Homogeneous thinking”
No, I live in CA. I understand.
You can bar ships from entering port if their main engines don’t meet certain standards. If you want to be more lax about it, you can levy additional taxes on ships that don’t meet those standards and earmark those funds for green initiatives. Just two thoughts off the top of my head.