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07-23-2002, 02:22 PM | #1 | ||
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Carmakers fighting California global warming law
Don't live in California? Listen up anyway... California has the strictest emissions standards in the U.S., so all new cars must comply with CA's rules in order to be 50-state legal...
BTW, this article is from yesterday; the governor did sign the bill into law... Quote:
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07-24-2002, 11:24 PM | #2 | |
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While making a car "50-state legal" would require that they meet California regulations, the new California statutes don't mean that cars sold in the rest of the country need to meet California regulations.
California is the only state in the country allowed to make its own emissions regulations. While other states can mandate the California laws (and New York is already discussing it), manufacturers can (and have in the past) make two different vehicles. For years, "California emissions" were an extra cost option on many cars. I'd expect that to happen this time. |
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07-25-2002, 02:56 PM | #3 | |
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True enough. I was thinking of aftermarket parts having to be 50-state legal.
I remember watching The Price is Right (U.S. TV Game Show) as a kid in the 80s and every time they gave away a car, they made sure to say it had the "California Emissions Package." |
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07-27-2002, 02:24 AM | #4 | |
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How far is too far?
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05-21-2004, 01:48 AM | #5 | |
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This Earth has been warming up since the last Ice Age without benefit of "harmful mankind." In fact, there have been at least three other ice ages and periods of heat before the polluting humans ever evolved! The environmental whackos need to pull their heads out of their butts and stop yelling "the sky is falling..the sky is falling....the sky is falling!!" They give the term "JUNK SCIENCE" a whole new meaning.
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