Can't California just break off and slide into the ocean already?!?!?

[etothepii]

Calif. sues 6 carmakers over greenhouse gases



14 minutes ago

[/align][/align]SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California filed suit against Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=f&d=t][/url]F - http://biz.yahoo.com/n/f/f.html][/url]news), General Motors Corp. (NYSE:http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=gm&d=t][/url]GM - http://biz.yahoo.com/n/g/gm.html][/url]news), Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.T) and three other carmakers on Wednesday, charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have cost the state millions of dollars.

State Attorney General Bill Lockyer said the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Northern California was the first of its kind to seek to hold manufacturers liable for the damages caused by their vehicles' emissions.
The lawsuit also names Chrysler Motors Corp., the U.S. arm of Germany's DaimlerChrysler (DCXGn.DE), and the North American units of Honda Motor Co. (7267.T) and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (7201.T)

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[LBR]

Those companies should refuse to sell another car, truck, or even a rear-view mirror to CA--see how long the suit lasts.

Chad

[burniegoeasily]

Let San Fran sick their military on the car companies.


Remember, when you visit San Francsico, be sure to wear a flower in your hair.

[etothepii]

If those clowns want this money, they should be forced to surrender all technology, wealth, assets, and any other tangible benefits derived from the advent of the internal combustion engine throughout history.

[CtHunter8]

California is somethin else I tell you what....


-Travis-

[Champlain Islander]

So what's next there. Getting sued for passing gas? Must be a different planet than where I live. No lawyer jokes...I promise NT..even though I am tempted to say something about those ambulance chasing muck dogs looking for a quick mil at the expense of all humanity.

[petasux]

Makes me wonder if I get rid of my cars if I can sue everyone else on the planet for polluting my air.

[hillbillyhunter1]

wonder if they (in their screwed-up minds) expect some kind of financial retribution (I would guess so) or do they expect to change things when it comes to automotive manufacturing.

I know this is not quite on subject but one thing I saw on the news the other day was how CA led by ARRRNOLD was instituting a substantial program for R&D for hydrogen fuel cell cars and infrastructure--that seemed like a good idea. Also I believe that they are one of the states that has seen fit to try to initiate their own regualtion of greenhouse gas effect (similar to what the Kyote agreement would have been--if the current Admin had signed on to that)

In no way do I agree with 99.99% of things that come out of CA but those particular things seemed positive--I believe that this suit will be fruitless and rightfully so, but I do believe change is in order (for greenhouse gas emissions) in the future and have trouble with the federal reluctance to institute some kind of well thought out far reaching initiative.

[kevin1]

From my observations from having lived there , how can a state with more registered drivers than any other , and which is also heavily industrialized , have the stones to complain about pollution or greenhouse gasses ? Idiots ...

[Lanse couche couche]

Seems like California would be a great place, if you low-level nuked a 50 mile wide strip along the coast, from the Bay area to the Mexican border.