Comments on: Emissions standards to get Californicated http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/01/26/emissions-standards-to-get-californicated/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:28:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: David James http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/01/26/emissions-standards-to-get-californicated/comment-page-1/#comment-27 David James Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:26:11 +0000 http://climate.columbia.edu/blog/?p=254#comment-27 We all want change for the climate, and cleaner air in particular. I live in SoCal and the air can get filthy looking. BUT these new cafe standards on the auto industry can really hurt.

GM and Chrysler are already in big trouble. The cost to retool and make an affordable car that gets 35 mpg is not easy with the union contracts they currently have. This is also why it would have been better to let GM go bankrupt than to give them taxpayer money.

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