[DeTomaso] [Fwd: SEMA Legislative Alert: California Proposal Would Ban Retail Sale of Automotive Refrigerant]

[Rick]

For all of us in Kalifornia and a reminder that most states follow 
Kalifornia's lead.
Rick
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Details:

Jason Tolleson, jasont at sema.org <mailto:jasont at sema.org>
SEMA 202/783-6007, ext. 39


URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT

California Proposal Would Ban Retail Sale
of Automotive Refrigerant


The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is preparing to take action to
ban the retail sale of R134a – the automotive refrigerant – allegedly as
a measure to limit greenhouse gas emissions as required by California
law.  R134a is used as a refrigerant in nearly all U.S. vehicles.  The
SEMA Action Network is joining with other advocacy groups to oppose this
proposed ban.

We Urge You to Contact California State Legislators to Request Their
Opposition to CARB’s Proposed Retail Ban on Automotive Refrigerant

Based on refrigerant sales data and a study by Frost and Sullivan, a
retail sale ban on R134a will:

     *
       Have a negligible impact on emissions of global warming gasses.

     *
       Create a $170 million windfall for professional service facilities.

     *
       Place the brunt of the economic burden of the reductions on
       Californians who work on their own air conditioners.

     *
       With the wide-ranging number of potential global warming reduction
       alternatives available to them, the Air Resources Board should not
       be spending extensive agency resources on a proposal that will
       generate little to nothing in real environmental benefits, but
will heavily burden California citizens least able to afford it.

DON’T DELAY!  Please contact your California State Representatives to
request their opposition to the proposed ban.  These requests should
include asking lawmakers to demand that CARB abandon this ill-conceived
effort.  Click here to find the contact information for your State
Representatives
<http://www.semasan.com/san/ContactYourLegislator.aspx> or call the SEMA
Washington, DC office at 202-783-6007, ext. 38.  Thank you for your
assistance.

For more details, please see the information posted at:
http://www.staycoolcalifornia.com/  Letters to California legislators
can also be sent directly from this site.




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