Yes, these will have little impact. But allowing them sets precedent and next thing they'll have 2-stroke powered floor buffers and 2-stroke powered double-ended dildos and they'll have trouble getting rid of them and big lawsuits because they allowed the mixers. Not good policy position to be in.

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Just build a V8 blender like Jeremy Clarkson. The LS engine is approved in Cali ;)

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CARB put emissions controls on lawnmowers years ago, and in fact last year the emissions controls on them went nationwide I believe.

CARB didn't ban gas blenders, but if you make one and sell it, you have to use an engine that passes CARB emissions, just like with lawnmowers.

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Common sense train has officially left California.

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You people are idiots. If you lived in SoCal (not the Kentucky boonies), you'd know how important it's become to get two-stroke engines out of commission. These things create smog that kills -- yes, actually kills -- people. Anyone who remembers LA in the 80's can tell you what it was like when the sky was brown and people's grandmothers would actually die from smog. No s***.

California has 15% of the entire US population in ONE STATE. Simple, common sense enviro-laws like this are a small price to pay and that company deserves much worse. Don't like it? Go live with the in-breeders in Oklahoma.

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I know there's only a few of these but an emissions control-free 2-stroke can actually put out more pollution equal to hundreds of the newest car engines, or even a bus engine. Modern engines are very clean but 2-strokes basically take about a quarter of the fuel and oil and just dump it into the air, so even though it seems like it wouldn't make a big difference but it's actually very likely that even using it a few times a year would create more pollution than your car does the entire year if you have a newer car.

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Paul:

"California has 15% of the entire US population in ONE STATE. Simple, common sense enviro-laws like this are a small price to pay and that company deserves much worse. Don't like it? Go live with the in-breeders in Oklahoma."

True. The problem is when California screamers push for legislations that affect Kentucky, Oklahoma and other in-breeding States. Don't forget suing EPA for not pushing everybody to adopt their restrictions on federal level - otherwise, carmakers just might smarten up and tell Californians to f-off and go buy cars in Mexico, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada or Utah.

Granted, the lemming "me-too" movement that follows any stupidity legislated in California and applies it to other States is definitely not California problem but it hurts nonetheless.

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There is no reason for this thing to exist and even less reason to fine the folks making it. It's a novelty that will likely go the way of those electronic fish.

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Because the Viper V-10 powered one is too heavy.

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See, and there's the point. This is ridiculous that CARB is even wasting their time on this. Obviously this device is ridiculous and the market will probably end up dictating in the end that this product will never take off and become mainstream.

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California *is* special needs.

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@Alex
Touche!

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