At  3/6/2011 11:42 AM,Don Hanson wrote:

>    Yes, the actual amount of emissions does seem like the most important
>thing for helping the air quality.  But it seems that California isn't
>really that concerned with simple stuff like that with many of their regs.
>
>    The amazing thing is that the citizens 'buy into it' and go along with
>really nutty rules and regulations without a question... but no politics on
>this list is the rule so ....shhhhh!
>
>   Don Hanson

You might have missed this part of Jim's post where he address's the
real problem. We can buy JDM Subaru motors with 40-50k miles on them
here in the USA, Canada & the rest of the world because the laws in
Japan are there to get used cars off the roads & new ones sold.

Wait until California puts a super high dollar pollution 'tax/fee' on
cars over 100k miles, a tax that makes buying a new car a no brainer....

 >>The problem most of their legislation is addressing is fleet
overturn, just as Germany and
Japan have both taken measures to enforce through legislation. CA has a
massive problem with fleet overturn, or really lack thereof. IIRC the
figures I saw several years ago during my research into what was going on
was something absurd like in 1990 17% of registered CA cars were 100k+, by
1995 it had soared to 40%.  In any case, forcing fleet overturn through
legislation achieves the goals they are after. It's actually a very good
plan for meeting all of their goals, BUT we (the little niche interests) get
pinched in the middle. There is also plenty to complain about from the
libertarian POV, but again, to achieve the goals of groups in primary
consideration, and at the correct scale, it really isn't a horrible idea...
even though we (bostig and vanagonland) get screwed in the process.<<

Rob
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