Resolution - Call for Government Mass Production of Hybrid or Environmentally Safe Vehicles and Stop the Effects of Global Warming

WHEREAS, pollution from carbon dioxide is a serious health problem for Latinos and all Americans,
 
WHEREAS, present day combustible engines from vehicles is a major cause of carbon dioxide,
 
WHEREAS, many Latinos live in major cities where pollution from combustible engines pollute the air we breathe,
 
WHEREAS, Asthma and other respiratory problems plague our people causing serious injury and death,
 
WHEREAS, Hybrid engines for vehicles has been found to reduce carbon dioxide pollution,
 
WHEREAS, alternative or non-polluting engines for vehicles has been found to reduce carbon dioxide pollution,
 
WHEREAS, the cost of Hybrid or other non-polluting engines has been out of reach for most Latinos and other individuals of limited means.
 
WHEREAS, the coast of trading in the old combustible engine for a hybrid or other style non-polluting engine, would be cost effective,
 
WHEREAS, natural gas conversion kits have been effective in reducing carbon dioxide emissions,

WHEREAS, natural gas conversion kits can be made readily available to the public with government subsidy,
 
WHEREAS, the mass production of hybrid or other types of safe, non-polluting engines for vehicles would be beneficial to the environment, reduce smog emissions and reduce serious respiratory problems, and create alternative energy jobs,
 
WHEREAS, the U.S. government needs to invest in partnering with private industry to mass produce hybrid engines or other safe, non-polluting engines for vehicles rather than auto manufacturers doing “business as usual,”
 
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That LULAC calls for a task force to address the environmental impact of global warming on the health and employment of Latinos in alternative energy jobs that will produce a summit of business leaders and government officials (Departments of Energy, Labor, Agriculture, Interior, & Health and Human Resources and others) to promote the investment of finance dollars to mass-produce hybrid or other non-polluting engines for vehicles and natural gas filling stations.
 
Be it Further  RESOLVED, That LULAC calls for the federal government to subsidize private industry in the mass production of hybrid engines or other safe, non-polluting engines and allow every household to trade in their old combustible engine for a hybrid or other non-polluting engine.

Approved this 18th day of July 2009.

Rosa Rosales
LULAC National President