TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

To whom it may concern,
Attached are comments on behalf of Consumer Energy Alliance concerning the Draft MOU of the Transportation Climate Initiative. We appreciate the opportunity to provide our feedback.

We (PHC) Are in full support of Dream Corps Transportation and Climate Initiative

They did a study among the Swiss about Special Solar Panel Roads. The power generation was mind boggling, and the strengthened panels reportedly stood up to temperature changes, and at least mid sized vehicles. So investing in our world and in our roads, and energy production in one fell swoop sounds like a brilliant solution. Investing in the front end of project that will pay for itself is not a sin, and political considerations of who takes responsibility are no longer an acceptable excuse with the stakes of the survival of the Earth at stake. Please consider this solution.

We need a safe, clean and reliable train system in Maine. I would much prefer to ride on a train in order to go to Boston for medical and transportation connections than make the 5 hour drive to Boston. The same can be said for a trip to Portland or for even going to places like Quebec, Toronto, Buffalo, etc. Riding on the train would be much safer and pleasant than driving, using unnecessary gas and requiring much more infrastructure maintenance. Reducing the number of trucks by putting the trailers on a train would reduce fuel pollution, make the highways safer and reduce wear and tear of the roads.

Weather and its relationship to long term Climate Change dynamics have always been a subject of professional interest and application for me during my active service with the United States Navy and in retirement in matters of communication with similarly interested colleagues and community members, including members of the Rhode Island House of Representative and Senate and local City Council members as it related to shoreline degradation and change and changes in the characteristics of our waterways. I am seriously concerned that much of the advocacy of persons with public administrative and political policy responsibilities have, too often identified with activities more focused on "consensus" rather than knowledge acquisition both directly and indirectly to the causes and effects of weather and long term climate results and trends and cycles. Unfortunately, for Rhode Island, the TCI Regional Policy design finds itself as completely unsatisfactory for the people of this state and needs to be rejected outright. Our Governor may have good intentions but she has been misled by the politicization of a topic which recommends a directions which may well rebound negatively to the economic and well being environment of RHode Island residents and visitors. Recent former NASA scientists and climate professionals have, in an macro set of analyses, that actions and directions as indicated by the TCI policy design begin to have a deleterious effect when about one third of the actions undertaken begin to have a negative macro effect on various carbon creation remediation activities, increasing rather than decreasing the overall carbon footprint based on the realistic need for reliable energy generation to support expansion of alternative energy activity. Additionally, this effect then expands to log kinds of trend proportions, meaning that attempts to reduce this effect until alternative energy balance is achieved costs even more than replacement benefit intended. The cost to taxpayers and ratepayers and mobile replacement remediation replacement would be enormous, again, even if only one third of the TCI policies were implemented. Recall, that tax benefit already exists to support commercial viability of alternative mobile and energy operations. The windmill experiment is supported by an infinite cost of operation escalator to keep viable. At the same time, climate claims about the albedo of the earth are being placed into doubt as the sun seems to have moved into its cooling posture and plate tectonic movements now are causing some scientists to indicated that waters are not rising in some costal venues. Rather subsidence of large portions of plates may be the cause of "deeper" waters. These conclusions need long term analysis and warn that consensus oriented policies regarding climate need much further studies before the first penny of added taxation or fees are dedicated to what in reality is consensus exaggeration. This is critical, in that, in Rhode Island, long term neglect of the infrastructure of the state has resulted in poor bridges, dams, public buildings and schools, not to mention health care facilities and the need for alternative rail and road access to places like Hartford, CT, which is going thru an economic renewal. The current TCI policy supporters have been luuled to sleep by some who claim that energy production needs from oil and natural gas are on their way out. tell that to the citizens of Middletown and Newport and some of Portsmouth. In 2019, we have a the smallest state in the union which does not have 100% residential access to natural gas lines or water lines that have been renewed or electric transmission lines that leak badly. Much need to be done now before RI decides to go on a radical "consensus" exploration. Very bad, Governor. Time to examine what benefit we get from regional committees who have done nothing for the state to have full flowing access to traditional energy, some of which leaks from Boston ports that get very cold or hot weather LNG from Russia. Time to stop this foolishness. The governor is on her way out and appears to be seeking camaraderie with public political endeavors that her party presidential candidates are highlighting to the public, it seems with not much success. Stop this endeavor. It is wrong.

This is a gas tax plain and simple. I drive 100 miles roundtrip to work and it would be a massive increase. I am a Republican because I believe in the constitution. This is unconstitutional. You plan on putting this through without a vote. I expect more from Republican state government. I’m not happy with an administration who keeps imposing their will on their will on voters

I am against any new taxes whatsoever especially gas tax you people in the government are stealing our money every chance you get it Hass to stop or were voting you out