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Dear CARB,

Is it really in the interest of California and the world to stifle
such innovation and subject tiny cutting edge garage based
companies to the same standards that HUGE companies?

These same companies that fought ALL of the initial smog reduction
standards, tooth and nail, and instead of assigning the best
engineers to fix their cars they gave it to the lawyers and
lobbyists, as opposed to Honda that created the CCVC engine.

In terms of real smog control, wouldn't banning the sale of all
high performance after market equipment reduce the tonnage of CO,
unburned HC's and NOx? by orders of magnitude?

I studied w/ both of the first technical chairs of CARB, both E.
Starkman and R. Sawyer and both of them pointed out that you could
only get the Auto giants to add emission control equipment or
adding even seat belts by holding their feet to the fire.

Only by showing the country and the world the possibility and
demand for plug in vehicles will those auto companies pay
attention.  Don't kill these resourceful, innovative, creative
companies right as they are getting traction.

thank you
tom buoye

PS.   Professor Starkman pointed out during one of his lectures,
maybe my most memorable moment at Berkeley,  how CARB was going to
implement the second stage of emission control on NOx, and
naturally Big Auto claimed it was NOT possible.  Prof. Starkman
simply pointed out, by retarding the timing, NOx would be meet the
standard.  It sent the lawyers packing and let the engineers fix
the problem.  

Let the engineers fix the problem.