California Air Resources Board: Mandate all new trucks operating around busy railways and ports be zero-emission vehicles by 2024.

[casa_mugrienta]

Or be a racist.

"Many California neighborhoods, especially Black and Brown, low-income and vulnerable communities, live, work, play and attend schools adjacent to the ports, railyards, distribution centers, and freight corridors and experience the heaviest truck traffic," the board wrote, adding that this pollution causes health risks to those communities."

California looks to ban all diesel trucks

A public hearing on the proposal proved contentious.

www.sfgate.com

 

[grapedrink]

I feel like we saw an iteration of a rule similar to this recently and it didn’t go so well

 

[Lance Mannion]

Another episode of "Leftists Drunk on Other Peoples Money"!

 

[StuAzole]

The risks of illness (Parkinson’s, dementia, cancer to name a few) rise significantly the closer you live to traffic. We considered a house that was just off the freeway once. It was well protected from noise but the air quality made it a no go.

I dont think it’s a racism thing, it’s a poor thing.

 

[afoaf]

the affects of air pollution upon children's health have been extensively studied for decades

 

[Lance Mannion]

the affects of air pollution upon children's health have been extensively studied for decades

So has your navel. Your point?

 

[One-Off]

Or be a racist.

"Many California neighborhoods, especially Black and Brown, low-income and vulnerable communities, live, work, play and attend schools adjacent to the ports, railyards, distribution centers, and freight corridors and experience the heaviest truck traffic," the board wrote, adding that this pollution causes health risks to those communities."

California looks to ban all diesel trucks

A public hearing on the proposal proved contentious.

www.sfgate.com

The time line is too steep but the issue is legitimate. Racist? Just look at the demographics of the Port of LA area, Wilmington, where the traffic passes through (the trucks don’t go through San Pedro or Long Beach).

 

[casa_mugrienta]

The time line is too steep but the issue is legitimate. Racist? Just look at the demographics of the Port of LA area, Wilmington, where the traffic passes through (the trucks don’t go through San Pedro or Long Beach).

You basically have two choices, and you've chosen the racist one.

 

[Lance Mannion]

The obvious conclusion here is that we need more funding for studies by experts (aka friends of Democrat politicians).

 

[StuAzole]

So has your navel. Your point?

His point is that it’s probably beneficial to cut as much pollution around kids as possible.

 

[One-Off]

You basically have two choices, and you've chosen the racist one.

Racist? It is a simple fact. Wilmington is 90% Latino. The boatbuilder I worked for is there. I substituted for schools there. And the air is bad.

A hot spot for polluted air: By the numbers

A look at one polluted region targeted for clean-air priority under California’s environmental justice law.

calmatters.org

 

[casa_mugrienta]

Racist? It is a simple fact. Wilmington is 90% Latino. The boatbuilder I worked for is there. I substituted for schools there. And the air is bad.

A hot spot for polluted air: By the numbers

A look at one polluted region targeted for clean-air priority under California’s environmental justice law.

calmatters.org

People are dying. Black's and brown's.

It's racist to think the timeline for this is too steep.

 

[Sharky]

I don't think the technology is there yet. I'd be concerned that what this will do in the short term is raise the price of virtually everything in California that enters by truck. Which would obviously impact the economically disadvantaged.

Maybe I'm wrong on the tech. Time will tell.

 

[Lance Mannion]

His point is that it’s probably beneficial to cut as much pollution around kids as possible.

No, it probably is not.

 

[casa_mugrienta]

I don't think the technology is there yet.

That's racist.

I'd be concerned that what this will do in the short term is raise the price of virtually everything in California that enters by truck. Which would obviously impact the economically disadvantaged.

There should be little impact on black's and brown's since they don't drive big work vehicles.

Also, we can give them payment subsidies if prices of goods go up.

I'm on the wrong side of history.

fixed

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

The reason why poor people live there is because it’s cheap.

It’s cheap because it’s dirty.

The way out of this is reduce poverty.

Making things more expensive does the opposite.

 

[Lance Mannion]

Making things more expensive does the opposite.

On the plus side, it might cut down on the gluttony and reduce obesity.

 

[StuAzole]

The reason why poor people live there is because it’s cheap.

It’s cheap because it’s dirty.

The way out of this is reduce poverty.

Making things more expensive does the opposite.

Making it less dirty is easier than fixing poor.

 

[afoaf]

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

On the plus side, it might cut down on the gluttony and reduce obesity.

The single biggest health problem among America’s “poor” is obesity.