From: Nancy Merrick

Sent: Wed Aug 22 14:55:19 2012

To: CleanFuelsAug2012

Subject: Oregon Needs a Strong Clean Fules Program

Importance: Normal

Members of the Environmental Quality Commission,

I support creating jobs, cleaning the air, stabilizing the climate and

breaking Oregon's dependence on oil. I urge you to adopt a strong

standard and move forward with the Clean Fuels Program.

Oregon needs to do everything we can to reduce our dependence on gas

and oil. In the past ten years, Oregon has been captive to the

skyrocketing costs of fuel, sending more than $5 billion out of state

each year for the gas and diesel we need for our households and

businesses. We must act today to make clean fuel alternatives more

widely available, and support local innovators who are already

creating cleaner fuels here at home.

Oregon has already shown that investments in clean energy can pay off.

The investments we made in energy efficiency 30 years ago have made

our state a national leader, even as we put people to work and avoided

sinking billions into more energy generation that leads to pollution.

That’s the kind of bold action we need for tomorrow's transportation,

and we need to act today.

I urge you to adopt the Clean Fuels Program today and start building a

stable, strong Oregon for tomorrow. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely, Nancy Merrick