This is ridiculous: Calif. sues carmakers over global warming
California filed suit against the world's largest 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 names Ford, General Motors, Toyota and the North American units of DaimlerChrysler, Honda and Nissan.
So, then: it's the auto manufacturers' fault that the great state of California built a massive highway infrastructure, and has continued to invest heavily in it for decades, instead of increasing investment in and incentives for more environmentally-friendly transportation options?
I realize that this lawsuit is likely election-year politicking, and doomed to failure, but it bugged me enough to say something.
Oh, yes. Hi there. I realize I haven't written in quite a long while. I'm hoping that changes real soon like.