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Dear Assemblymember:

I'm writing to urge you to support Senate Bill 494 (Kehoe), which will expand the market for alternatively fueled vehicles in California.

Though gas prices have been going up, I'm personally more concerned about the long term costs of petroleum-fueled vehicles: global warming, smog, air pollution, childhood asthma, and the environmental impact of extracting fossil fuels from the earth, to name a few.

It is important to me that California reduce the demand for oil and encourage the adoption of alternative fuels, in order to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, improve air quality, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

SB 494 is part of the strategy to get more alternatively fueled vehicles on the road. It will require that half of new cars sold in California be alternative-fuel vehicles by 2020 and will create stronger emission and performance standards for cars.

Please support SB 494, which has passed through the Senate, and help California lead the way in producing more clean energy vehicles.

Sincerely,