CALIFORNIA WTF !!!!!!

[lakers171]

yeah we get the nicest views but while your too busy looking at the ocean and the sunset the governator is behind us F**king us from behind

[bigralph]

I read some were that California is banning 40"+ TVs because of the carbon emissions.

[SS 376]

Eh I'll still take the beautiful weather and beautiful women over riding the subway freezing to death in a city that charges you $500/month just to park the car in a garage.

[fdjizm]

Originally Posted by lakers171

yeah we get the nicest views but while your too busy looking at the ocean and the sunset the governator is behind us F**king us from behind

no dinner first or straight to business

[Lakailb87]

There is no way this would ever pass, and yes, we do get some amazing weather here.

[CaptianSam]

Originally Posted by toesuf94

Boy, as if California wasn't expensive enough to live in, now you are all going to have to pay to re-pave all of your streets in white asphault! Rip out all of that ugly black asphault and put in the white stuff. So does this mean white roofs on your house only as well? Will the importation of black cars from out of state be made illegal? Will you have to have your black car vinyl wrapped in reflective silver foil to be permitted to drive it?

This is another example of the IDIOTS that we elect to run this country and our states and how they think they can legislate their way out of a problem. This will FAIL massively. Way too many holes in this one to close up...but your tax dollars will be paying for the debate and time it takes to debate it. sigh...

AHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA WHITE ASPHAULT!!!! AHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA

[CaptianSam]

Originally Posted by fdjizm

no dinner first or straight to business

lol man i love this site

[PQ]

Next election campaign issues.

Illegal immigration
Economy
Health Care
Give California to Mexico

I mean let's take care of Americas problems.

[Conflict]

Originally Posted by Muscle Master

I mean, this is crazy, California has got to be the most jacked up state in the country

It is, I hate so many laws here

[Muscle Master]

Originally Posted by Conflict

It is, I hate so many laws here

I feel you, could'nt get me to live there

[Camaro_Corvette]

Total BS it's an attack on the lesser fuel effecient vehicles like mercedes, bmw, and other brands in that category..(which usually are black or red). They are trying to single out a company with out actually "singling them out"..

[PQ]

I'm starting to think Gary Coleman would have been a better Governor than Arnie.

Hell, Paris Hylton isn't doing anything.

[Ad Wizard]

California Air Resource Board is proposing a ban on all black and dark colored vehicles beginning in 2012. The reason? Because A/Cs have to work harder to cool them, causing more air pollution!

Autobloggreen recently got its paws on a presentation (PDF, read the whole thing) from the California Air Resource Board’s public “cool cars workshop.” And let’s just say the thing exudes the kind of bureaucratic overreach heretofore only imagined by folks sporting the latest in tinfoil chapeau. Here’s the logic: cars that get hot when they sit require greater air conditioning, which increases fuel consumption and (tada!) air pollution. And since architectural surface coatings are 25-35 percent reflective, there’s no reason not to require similar levels from auto paint, right? Skyscrapers, cars; potato, potahto. CARB will require vehicle surfaces to reflect at least 20 percent of solar energy by 2012, a figure that no black auto paint can currently achieve. One third of OEM palettes must meet the 20 percent mark by then, and all OEM paints must meet the goal by 2016. Oh, yes, and by 2016 even collision repair shops have to use the special paint. The only mitigation for these rules are if you sufficiently increase the Rd factor of your cars windshield glazing. And just to keep a song in your heart, “other compliance options are under investigation.”


The benefits? About .8 million metric tons less CO2 released per year. At an estimated OEM cost of between $39 and $128 per vehicle. But the real price is paid by the consumer, who will not only shoulder the OEM cost increase but will also see repair costs increase while losing the freedom to buy a car in their preferred color. Reducing cooling emissions is one thing in a skyscraper, where a one-time glazing investment can greatly reduce both the cost and environmental impact of cooling. But for government to transfer architectural regulations wholesale to the automotive sector betrays both a lack of perspective and an attitude of regulation-at-all-costs. Given the myriad improvements to efficiency and emissions that continue to occur in the automotive sector, regulating car color comes across as nothing more than an exercise in bureaucratic power for its own sake. And it hastens a world where cars no longer reflect the diversity of our culture and aspirations. Or are we supposed to be happy that CARB didn’t mandate one single acceptable color?

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/carb-so-crazy/


I swear, between CAFE and CARB, we're all going to driving electric toasters before long.

[FenwickHockey65]

That's ridiculous.