Originally Posted by Dahon.Steve
Speaking of California, they just passed legislation that will force cars to stricter emissions. The Bush administration and the auto are going to take the issue to court in the hopes of getting a reversal.
Traditionally, only directly health-related emissions, such as CO, which binds to hemoglobin, and NOx and hydrocarbons, which give rise to toxic NO2, ozone, and HNO3 in the atmosphere, have been regulated by the EPA. The new legislation in California differs radically by specifically covering CO2, a greenhouse gas, which can be controlled only by improving fuel economy or by changing power sources entirely. As usual, California law is attempting to move ahead of Federal.
The automotive and petroleum industries are upset because they see this as an end run to increase fuel economy standards. With petroleum reserves running out during the next generation, we need to pay a little more attention to this issue.
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