Just to help me put things in perspective, how long does a person
have to breath to produce the same CO2 as burning a gallon of
gasoline? How many trees (or acres of trees?) would it take to keep
up with the typical car's CO2 output to convert it back to O2? Thanks
for the insights!
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> Ford may join emissions suit
> California officials expected automaker to cooperate
> THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
> DETROIT, Aug. 12 ? Ford Motor Co. said it still may
> participate in an auto industry lawsuit over California?s
> new clean-air law, startling California officials who
> believed Ford?s chairman was willing to cooperate with the
> state.
>
> THE WASHINGTON TRADE GROUP
> representing Ford and most other major auto makers said it
> expects to file suit against California regulators to try to
> block the new law, which makes California the first state to
> limit auto emissions of so-called greenhouse gases,
> including carbon dioxide.
>
> William Clay Ford Jr. on Wednesday said he wanted to tone
> down the battle over the new law. The Ford chairman told
> reporters at an auto-industry conference in Michigan that he
> wants ?to lower the temperature a little bit and lower the
> rhetoric in California and work toward trying to get a
> reasonable solution? as California regulators fill in the
> details of the law. The initial conciliatory comments drew
> quick praise from California Gov.
>
> Gray Davis, who recently signed the greenhouse-gas measure
> into law despite opposition from the auto industry. ?I am
> encouraged by Bill Ford?s willingness to cooperate with
> California to achieve the important goal of reducing
> greenhouse gases,? Mr. Davis said in a prepared statement
> Thursday. ?We believe this is a win- win situation for the
> auto industry, the environment and our children.?
>
> The greenhouse-gas law is set to take effect with 2009
> model-year vehicles. Because carbon dioxide is produced when
> fuel burns in an internal-combustion engine, the most
> logical way to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions is to make a
> vehicle go farther on a gallon of gas. The auto industry
> fears that this solution would force auto makers to
> re-engineer profitable but fuel-thirsty sport-utility
> vehicles and pickup trucks.
>
> But after Gov. Davis issued his praise, Mr. Ford?s
> subordinates scrambled to clarify that the company still
> objects to the law ? and still may join a suit that is
> expected to be filed by the Alliance of Automobile
> Manufacturers. Ford spokeswoman Francine Romine said the
> auto maker shares the trade group?s position that regulating
> carbon-dioxide emissions is akin to regulating fuel economy,
> a power reserved for the federal government under U.S. law.
>
> She said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
> currently is studying by how much to raise the federal
> fuel-economy standard for light trucks ? SUVs, pickups and
> minivans ? and she said Ford believes California should
> leave the matter in the hands of the NHTSA.
>
> Ms. Romine said that although Ford hasn?t made a final
> decision, it may well participate in a suit by the alliance.
> ?We are committed to improving fuel economy,? she said. ?We
> are committed to reducing carbon dioxide. But at the end of
> the day, we cannot live with state-by- state legislation.?
> An alliance spokeswoman said Ford officials late last week
> made clear that, despite Mr. Ford?s comments, the company
> still supports the industry?s intention to sue over the
> California law.
>
> But the perceived turnaround by Ford had Davis officials
> crying foul. ?We certainly hope it?s not empty rhetoric,
> Davis spokesman Steven Maviglio said, referring to Mr.
> Ford?s initial comments. ?When you say tone things down but
> there?s nothing behind it, that?s not necessarily a good
> sign.? As for California?s governor, ?I think he?d be
> disappointed if a CEO of a company says one thing and does
> another,? Mr. Maviglio added. ?This is a chance for Bill
> Ford to prove he?s an environmentalist and break the mold of
> everyone in Detroit.? So what exactly did Mr. Ford mean when
> he said he wanted to work cooperatively with California
> environmental regulators? Said Ms. Romine: ?I don?t know
> what he meant by tone down the rhetoric.?
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