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The seven-years provision seems a bit heavy handed. That may significantly raise the cost of doing business in California and result in companies not selling th
by fredsmith219 3y ago
The seven-years provision seems a bit heavy handed. That may significantly raise the cost of doing business in California and result in companies not selling their products there. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
- ZoomerCretin 3y agoCalifornia would not pass these laws if it meant companies would stop doing business in their state. They know that they are too big of a market to write off, which is why they feel comfortable passing these laws. As an example, all of the auto industry faces tougher emissions standards because of California's stricter regulations.
- chroma 3y agoI don’t think all manufacturers follow CARB for all the cars they build. When I lived in California I knew several people who bought their cars in Arizona because it meant they’d have more horsepower and fewer parts that could break. Also I removed the extra California emissions junk on my motorcycle because it caused the bike to leak fuel if it fell over.
- jppittma 3y agoI had some hope we'd survive the climate crisis. We're dead lmao.
- chroma 3y agoThe device didn’t improve emissions. It was designed to try and prevent gas fumes from coming out of the tank. It technically did do that… but only if the bike was upright.
- mrguyorama 3y ago>It technically did do that… but only if the bike was upright. Which is the expected and normal state of a motorcycle.
- chroma 3y agoYeah and they also fall over all the time. And when that happened, it leaked gallons of gas. It increased the amount of pollution and created a fire hazard.
- red-iron-pine 3y agothere are a billion people in China, and another billion in India. only 40 mil in California, and most consumer use bikes / cars / whatever are a drop in the carbon bucket. we could, and should do better, but unless the rest of the world is onboard it's moot.
- RankingMember 3y agoI would be very surprised if a company would consider leaving the world's 5th largest economy due to a 7-year parts requirement.
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- robodan 3y agoIt retroactively adds liability to products that were already sold. That definitely feels heavy to me.