加州減排

????《加州要求汽車廠商擴大零污染轎車銷售》——彭博社（Bloomberg），2012年1月27日

????加州現在做的事只不過是在繼續推行它已經推行了52年的政策，也就是對抗汽車尾氣。加州早在1960年就頒布了《汽車污染控制法案》（Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Act），要求所有汽車必須安裝控制污染的設備。當時，美國第一部用膠片拍攝的電視劇《我愛露西》（I Love Lucy）還沒有上映呢。30年后，加州又通過了《零排放法規》（Zero Emission Mandate），規定到2003年前，全州至少要有10%尾氣零排放的車輛。這個法案因為不切實際而不了了之。加州最近頒布的新規定意味著汽車廠商必須在2025年前，在加州銷售大約140萬輛高科技、高續航里程的新能源汽車。祝他們好運!

What's good for California...

????"California orders automakers to sell more non-polluting cars" --Bloomberg 01/27/12

????In other words, California is doing the same thing it has been for 52 years: fighting smog. Its original Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Act, which required the installation of pollution-control devices on vehicles was enacted back in 1960, before I Love Lucy went into syndication. Thirty years later, California passed its Zero Emission Mandate, which required 10% of the state's vehicles to produce no emissions by 2003. It was later deemed impractical and was watered down. The new rules mean manufacturers will have to produce about 1.4 million advanced technology high-mileage vehicles for sale in the state by 2025. Good luck with that.