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I wholeheartedly support the collaborative effort by TCI-P to reduce carbon emissions and invest in cleaner, more equitable and sustainable transportation systems. Multi-jurisdictional programs can help assure that projects are implemented and funded. We urgently need this kind of collaboration to save our earth and way of life.

I’m opposed to Virginia joining the TCI. It will cost consumers and businesses too much at the gas pump. This ignorance of trying to kill fossil fuels in a short order is irresponsible. Technology is improving and we will get there but not at the expense of killing businesses and costing families more. This venture needs to be funded privately not by the taxpayer! Stop the stupidity!!

TCI-P,
"According to soil scientists, at current rates of soil destruction (i.e. decarbonization,.....),....we will literally no longer have enough arable topsoil to feed ourselves."

DECARBONIZATION is causing Soil Destruction!!!

What we NEED is to take the extra Carbon out of the air & put it directly into the ground, where it is needed.

We do not need to fully decarbonize the transportation sector, nor is it desirable as it will CREATE other severe problems like Soil Destruction.

We need to cut-out the middlemen, like the transportation sector, & simply use Carbon Capture to take excess CO2 out of the air & inject it into the soil where it is needed most.

Way too much emphasis has been put on Carbon in the atmosphere (which is very benign) & not enough focus on gases far more dangerous to Climate Change, from refrigerant used in Air Conditioners to Methane Gas (Methane's "global warming potential is 86 times higher than carbon dioxide when averaged over 20 years").

We NEED Energy Diversity, & not rely on just 1 type of energy (like electricity), to have a BALANCED approach to a Healthy Environment while meeting our Energy Needs in a Common-Sense Clean manner (like with Renewable Gasoline, Renewable Diesel, & other Biofuels for transportation, ALL of which are made from recycled EXISTING CO2).

We should NOT be wasting Time nor Money "reinventing the wheel", which creates additional unnecessary pollution.

Nor should we go to the extremes of fully decarbonization which will lead to other More Severe Environmental problems.

Keep in mind "The current industrial food system is responsible for 44 to 57% of all global greenhouse gas emissions." (The "current industrial food system", NOT transportation.) https://regenerationinternational.org/why-regenerative-agriculture

Regards,
Jeff

Virginia should join the TCI-P, we need energy independence and security and we can do that no better than moving to electric cars and driving them on clean domestic fuel. What’s more, we need to mind the Atmosphere so our power should be clean for our cars and our houses. This is why we need to be part of the TCI-P.

I strongly oppose the plan to increase the cost of gas for this project. Families and businesses are already hurting from the “government free money” plan - no one wants to work! Now you want to add a tax to gas? This will increase the costs of all services.

If the level of carbon pumped into our air by fossil fuels is not curtailed greatly and very soon, there will be no air left for us, as well as lots of other living beings to breath.

I oppose Virginia joining the group. This will only add to consumer and business costs and have no impact on CO2 emissions.

I support a strong TCI-P Model Rule that (1) ensures meaningful climate action to address Virginia's largest driver of our climate crisis, (2) directs significant investments to correcting historic inequities in overburdened and underserved communities; and (3) affords Virginia the opportunity for a cleaner, healthier transportation system. I call for the TCI-P Model Rule to include (1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of investments from the program, (2) integration of air quality commitments across Virginia, and (3) robust empowerment of Virginia's Equity Advisory Body. Rapidly reducing carbon emissions from transportation through more robust public transit and multimodal options and conversion of vehicles to electric or zero-carbon fuels is essential to avoiding the worst consequences of the climate crisis.