Comments on: Calif. AG sues automakers for global warming

By: dweeb

dweeb — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:16:45 +0000

autos sold in California contribute less than 1 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions

All human activity only accounts for 0.7 percent of global CO2 production.

In California, termites are probably more to blame than cars.

By: MF

MF — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:30:27 +0000

but this just smacks of “Frivolous Lawsuit” to me. AG Lockyer should be laughed out of court – literally!

I would take a more drastic position. Lockyer should be disbarred, and immediately dismissed as AG. This is horribly abuse of power and a huge waste of taxpayer money, as well as a total publicity stunt.

The really sad thing is that the first few times stuff like this is attempted, it’s dismissed for what it is – fraud. But the more times an absurdity is repeated, it soon becomes accepted as plausible, and then fact. That’s exactly what happened to the “DDT causes a huge environmental disaster”, which has now proven to be a complete fallacy, and has happened with “human-caused global warming”.

By: Caradorn

Caradorn — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:05:15 +0000

Given that California (through state legislation) has the toughest air quality restriction on vehicle emissions in the country, and also given that the state itself is responsible for issuing driver’s licenses (at least generally determining the number of motorists on California highways at any given time), how can the state reasonably believe that the auto makers are at fault for any of the charges brought against them as long as vehicles sold in California are in compliance with state law?

I am aware of the politics involved, and the lawsuit brought against California by the auto makers themselves, but this just smacks of “Frivolous Lawsuit” to me. AG Lockyer should be laughed out of court – literally!

By: Will J. Ricahrdson

Will J. Ricahrdson — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 15:06:33 +0000

Consider the fact that each person in California emits approximately 400 kilograms of CO2 annually by respiration. Approximately 37,000,000 people live in California. Therefore, by breathing, the people of California contribute 16,314,207 tons of CO2 to the greenhouse gas load annually.

By: nevins

nevins — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:28:51 +0000

If the state has a beef with autos then it should simply use the power it already has to regulate them. It should refuse to issue licenses to any vehicle it dislikes. Indeed, the completely unrestricted issuance of licenses to any california resident, including those not legally permitted to be in the country, might be a ratoinal defence for the US auto industry.

If california doesn’t like cars then it should stop issuing licenses for their operation on state roads.

By: Walter E. Wallis

Walter E. Wallis — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:00:31 +0000

Not in my name!

By: Frank Selzer

Frank Selzer — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 11:01:08 +0000

Please, if Californians were forced to ride bikes the rest of the country would be deprived of TV coverage of those endless police car chases across the freeways and through the streets of LA et al. The predictable outcome of the AG’s action is that the very liberal federal bench in California WILL take this suit seriously rather than tossing it and reprimanding the moron who brought it.