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Bureaucratix: California “Green” Regulation Will Block Radio Signals Inside Cars

2765757383_6a5c2aca67 California’s “Cool Cars” initiative seemed like it might be a cool idea: Ban the sale of darker colored vehicles, which in the long run would lead to less energy usage when cooling them down. Neat idea, if not a little…okay, extremely authoritarian. But now things are getting even more ridiculous.

Now the California Air Resources Board is insisting that automakers make windows more energy efficient. That seems reasonable. A 45% decrease in solar energy entering each vehicle by 2014. Also seems reasonable. A 60%

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