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

[Mark Tumbarello]

They have now figured out how to tax the weather. Next you'll be taxed on 
the amount of breaths you take.


>From: "Donny Williams" <donnylee at ccwebster.net>
>To: "Rick" <rwgushue at gte.net>, "Pantera List" <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] [Fwd: SEMA Legislative Alert: California 
>ProposalWould Ban Retail Sale of Automotive Refrigerant]
>Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 07:20:48 -0800
>
>
>  I  just cannot wait for them to start citing people that fart to
>excessively because it causes greenhouse effect global warming.  Everyone 
>in
>Kalifornia will be mandated to eat bean curd to lower these emissions.   I
>certainly can see Po-lousy and Al Snore heading Senate Bill @$$ Gas.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rick" <rwgushue at gte.net>
>To: "Pantera List" <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 10:31 PM
>Subject: [DeTomaso] [Fwd: SEMA Legislative Alert: California Proposal Would
>Ban Retail Sale of Automotive Refrigerant]
>
>
> >
> > For all of us in Kalifornia and a reminder that most states follow
> > Kalifornia's lead.
> > Rick
> > 1582
> >
> >
> > 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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