Vehicle Exhaust Regulations Bill
Preface – The purpose of this bill being to establish better standards for the exhaust outputs of atomized vehicles and lay the foundation for a more environment friendly Eutopia.
Background – Emissions from single cars are generally low, relative to the smokestack image many people associate with air pollution. But in many of the country’s most populous cities, the personal automobile is the largest polluter, with the exhaust thousands of vehicles on the road adding-up. Auto emissions are by-products derived from, mostly, the burning of fuels to encourage locomotion and the evaporation of fuel itself. In “perfect” combustion oxygen in the air would convert all hydrogen in the fuel into water and all the carbon into carbon dioxide. Combustion is not, however, perfect and the average car emits several pollutants into the air that damage the environment.
Article I – Manufacturers of steam and internal combustion engines are subject to the reduction of emissions from their machinery. Machinery subject to this new standard includes automobiles, trucks, SUV's, buses, motorcycles and any other conveyance that uses such engines as well as supplemental power generators. The main focus of this act is solely upon tailpipe exhaust, nothing that further improvements might seem idealistic from our starting point;
Tailpipe Exhaust – Tailpipe exhaust is usually associated as the main source of pollutants from the average observer. In order to cope with Eutopia’s lack of standards but still remain economically feasible, this bill will attempt to instate slight standards similar to those mandated within the United States as of 1981. The slightly modified standards are, thus, 0.39 gram per mile total hydrocarbons, 3.4 grams per mile carbon monoxide, 1.0 gram per mile nitrogen oxides. In forcing those reductions, the output of other measurable toxins will be reduced further.
Article II – In order to offset the cost of imposing these regulations, within a period of three years, Eutopian manufactures will be granted a tax credit of the value of X [As per recommendation of GA and ECB.] The credit will be granted up untill the point at which a company complies. To ensure that companies do not exploit this fact by dellaying their changes, a "check-up" of the company's activities with regards to preparing to comply will be held at the one year mark.
Article III – Those manufacturers that do not comply with the terms of this bill within a period of three years will be subjected to a fine proportional to the profits they have incurred from sub-par machinery sales.
Article IV – As this bill will act only as the foundation for a continued program of environmental cleaning, which will progress as funds are allotted, manufactures might find it prudent to exceed the new exhaust specifications rather than merely meeting them.
