On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 00:18:31 -0800, "William Chops Westfield" said:

> Implementing any kind of diesel motor in such a car would apparently
> out California as a market.  For reasons I don't fully understand,
> you apparently can't sell diesel cars in Ca.  It's not based on actual
> pollution statistics or anything, as far as I can tell.  Just "no  
> diesel."

Bill, I don't know who you are getting your information from, but
diesels have a lot of particulate matter in the exhaust, and the
standards are tighter in California. As soon as the carmakers catch up
you'll be able to buy new diesels here. Personally, until they are
cleaner, I don't want them here and I'm happy with the rules the way
they are. I also approve of our regular smog checks. Every time I am
stuck in traffic in another state, the stench of exhaust reminds me how
much cleaner cars are in California.

This reminds me of some other disinformation I heard recently, that
California was outlawing big-screen televisions. Sorry, just the ones
that consume gobs of power when they are supposedly "off". I was looking
at televisions at Costco the other day, and that seemed to be about 1/3
of them, based on the percentage of "energy star" labels.

I'm not trying to defend every law, it's hard to write laws that apply
themselves fairly, but a lot of Californians (myself included) are here
because of the weather and the environment. I know plenty of people who
have left the state because they have other priorities. It's a big
country and there's room for everybody.

Cheerful regards,

Bob



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