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1995 SESSION
WHEREAS, three regions of Virginia--Northern Virginia, metropolitan Richmond, and Hampton Roads--have been identified by the federal Environmental Protection Agency as air quality nonattainment areas; and
WHEREAS, motor vehicles are major sources of air pollution in all three of these areas; and
WHEREAS, one means of reducing air pollution resulting from motor vehicle operation is the replacement of traditional motor fuels (gasoline and diesel fuel) with clean-burning alternative fuels; and
WHEREAS, as with most new technologies, initial financial costs to replace conventionally fueled vehicles with alternatively fueled vehicles, to obtain fuel for these vehicles, and to provide the infrastructure (including training of maintenance personnel) for support of their operation have oftentimes been considerable; and
WHEREAS, in spite of these costs, many Virginia businesses, industries, school divisions, state and local government agencies, and public and private entities have seen the long-term advantages of alternatively fueled vehicles; and
WHEREAS, growth in demand for alternatively fueled vehicles, their fuels, and their supporting infrastructure leads inexorably to new business opportunities and more jobs while simultaneously enhancing the environment by reducing air pollution; safeguarding America's energy independence; and easing our balance of trade difficulties by curbing the demand for imported petroleum and petroleum-based products; and
WHEREAS, as the number of alternatively fueled vehicles increases and availability of alternative fuels expands, the cost disparity between the two kinds of vehicle inevitably will shrink; and
WHEREAS, this achievement will have been made possible by those leaders in business, industry, and government who were among the first to place the long-term benefits of alternatively fueled vehicles ahead of their initially higher cost; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly of Virginia hereby commend those Virginia businesses, industries, school divisions, state and local government agencies, and public and private entities that have been among the Commonwealth's clean-fuel pioneers willing to make short-term financial expenditures for the sake of long-term advantages in economic stimulus, environmental enhancement, and energy independence.