'Spare the Air Day' is Bullsh*t

[for those who do not live in the Golden State, a 'Spare the Air Day' is a declaration by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that the air quality is so bad, that you are encouraged to not pollute the air to your best effort]

Today, CARB declared one of these idiotic days. You are not suppose to run your gasoline-powered lawn mower or have a BBQ. OK, CARB is being disingenous (look it up, people).

OK, let us review atmospheric chemistry (this is one of the few technical subjects that I am qualified to speak on). CARB declares these STAD based on the predicted level of ozone, an atmospheric pollutant, granted. Also, this prediction is reasonably reliable. What is the major source of ozone? Cars. Brinkmann smokers and lawn mowers do not generate ozone in significant amounts, but even ULEV cars do. It used to be that on a STAD, you could ride said buses and so forth for free. Nice, logical, and effective.

So, the best way to fight ozone is to get people out of their cars and into public transit that is running away. What did CARB do? They eliminated funding for free public transit. How stupid is that? At this point, I hope that you do not doubt the maxim that the stupidest people become gov't bureaucrats.