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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I think we need to legislate the GHG reducing measures that are described I the attached file. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Likewise, for other categories of GHG emissions. My focus is cars. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My idea for legislation is in the CADEM Platform, highlighted in red:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.75pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt'>From the 2020 California Democratic Party (CDP) Platform</span></b><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-right:.7pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-top:0in;mso-margin-bottom-alt:0in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Work to ensure that all graduating high school students are climate literate, including knowing<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=circle><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-right:.7pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo4'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>reasons for anthropogenic climate change and its potential for harm<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-right:.7pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo4'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> the difference between climate stabilization and destabilization<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-right:.7pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo4'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> climate-stabilizing greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=square><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-right:.7pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo4'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>the basis for those targets, and <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-right:.7pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo4'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>the measures needed to achieve them; and<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-right:.7pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo4'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>the primary categories of emissions, including the most problematic category: cars and light-duty trucks <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:.7pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='color:red;margin-right:.7pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Demand a state plan specifying how cars and light-duty trucks can meet climate-stabilizing targets by defining enforceable measures to achieve necessary fleet efficiency and per-capita driving limits</span><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.2in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-right:.7pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Demand Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) driving-reduction targets, shown by science to support climate stabilization<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-right:.7pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Work for equitable and environmentally-sound road and parking operations; smart growth; “complete streets”; teaching bicycling traffic skills; and improving transit, from local systems to high-speed rail <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-right:.2in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Support the design and implementation of a single, environmentally-sound technology system that will collect and distribute fees for the use of roads, parking, and transit that is both economically fair and convenient and protects user privacy and the interests of low-income users <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-right:.2in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Work for the electrification of all trucking and transit systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-right:.7pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Work to ensure that freeway expansion projects are subordinate to more sustainable alternatives that will result in more jobs and growth.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:.7pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Michael Gordon <mlgordon3@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 15, 2022 6:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> mike_bullock@earthlink.net<br><b>Cc:</b> Alice McNally <alimcnally8@gmail.com>; Ray Lutz <raylutz@citizensoversight.org>; shutsanonofre@citizensoversight.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Shutsanonofre] Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If we have eight years to do something dramatic on climate I believe there needs to be a concerted full court press to defang the oil lobby. That also implies doing away with oil company subsidies. That also implies confronting campaign finance reform among other things.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If we did a root cause analysis - even a simple ‘5 Whys’ activity I bet it would reinforce above.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Whoops. Forgot we have republicans in office. Get your Arakis gear ready!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Michael <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Dec 15, 2022, at 6:17 PM, <a href="mailto:mike_bullock@earthlink.net">mike_bullock@earthlink.net</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Human survival requires that we avoid climate destabilization. Our first-occurring climate-stabilization requirement is for 2030. We must achieve a specified reduction in our emissions by the end of 2030. We should have a plan to achieve that reduction and we should be executing that plan.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Since fusion will not help us by 2030, it is another dangerous distraction. One might think that since our survival hangs in the balance, we would be interested in the details. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We seem to be interested in the distractions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Quotes from the Secretary General of the UN:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='color:red;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We have a Code Red Climate Emergency</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='color:red;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We are solidly on a path to an unlivable planet</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='color:red;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We are driving towards Climate Hell with our foot on the accelerator</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='color:red;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We are dangerously close to the point of no return</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Shutsanonofre <<a href="mailto:shutsanonofre-bounces@citizensoversight.org">shutsanonofre-bounces@citizensoversight.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alice McNally<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 15, 2022 10:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> Ray Lutz <<a href="mailto:raylutz@citizensoversight.org">raylutz@citizensoversight.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:shutsanonofre@citizensoversight.org">shutsanonofre@citizensoversight.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Shutsanonofre] Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Ray,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>We would all love to see Clean, unlimited energy, but as the saying goes, “Fusion will always be 20 years away and will always be”.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Here is another article from Nirs of interest. <a href="https://www.nirs.org/one-small-step-for-nuclear-fusion-no-giant-leap-for-climate-action/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=0bd31f12-8c1f-4776-8d2e-0603ab1049cc">https://www.nirs.org/one-small-step-for-nuclear-fusion-no-giant-leap-for-climate-action/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=0bd31f12-8c1f-4776-8d2e-0603ab1049cc</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Dec 14, 2022, at 7:33 PM, Ray Lutz <<a href="mailto:raylutz@citizensoversight.org">raylutz@citizensoversight.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span class=uabb-heading-text><span style='font-size:30.0pt;font-family:"PT Serif",serif;color:#454545;letter-spacing:-.15pt'>Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be</span></span><o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal><br><a href="https://thebulletin.org/2017/04/fusion-reactors-not-what-theyre-cracked-up-to-be">https://thebulletin.org/2017/04/fusion-reactors-not-what-theyre-cracked-up-to-be</a><br><br>This is an article from about 5 years ago, but it is good to keep these concerns in mind.<br><br>The recent news about the "breakthrough" where a net positive power output was achieved is far from being a reality or "sustainable". It was only for a brief billionth of a second, and there is a lot of fudging to make it seem that this would produce a net power output. Plus, there are many problems. <br><br>I'm not against working on this, but it is still pie in the sky. We should work harder and not divert funding from renewable power sources, that reduce the net heat in the environment, whereas these power plants, if we have them, would still have the problem that they are adding a lot of energy to our environment. So then, a great amount of this power would need to be used to cool the planet. In contrast, solar and wind removes energy from the environment.<br><br>Also, these power sources suffer from the same issues as nuclear fission plants. They are very complex, big projects that do not fit well within our free-market optimization system. Solar panels are small and relatively easy to mass produce, and they are being improved all the time through this competition. Meanwhile, we have the same nuclear power plant designs that have known big problems that are not corrected because it costs too much to do so.<br><br>Thus, this seems like a cheeseless rathole to me.<br><br>--Ray<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>-------<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Ray Lutz<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Citizens' Oversight Projects (COPs)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://www.citizensoversight.org/">http://www.citizensoversight.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>619-820-5321<o:p></o:p></pre></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Shutsanonofre mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Shutsanonofre@citizensoversight.org">Shutsanonofre@citizensoversight.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.citizensoversight.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shutsanonofre">http://lists.citizensoversight.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shutsanonofre</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Shutsanonofre mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Shutsanonofre@citizensoversight.org">Shutsanonofre@citizensoversight.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.citizensoversight.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shutsanonofre">http://lists.citizensoversight.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shutsanonofre</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>