California gas tank emissions regulations and lead-coated steel manufacturing

Setup only — Tom introduces California's stiffer hydrocarbon emissions requirements and the historical use of ternplate (lead-coated steel) for gas tanks. The forming-limit-diagram problem this case is meant to illustrate is not reached in this segment; presumably developed in the next.

Now let me tell you a story about the forming limit diagram. California has much more stringent environmental laws than most of the rest of the country, because — let's face it — they are 18% of the US economy. Some people say, well, if they were a nation unto themselves, which they sort of think they are if you've ever talked to some people from California, they would be the eighteenth largest country in the world economically. So they're pretty dominant in many ways. And California will lead the nation as environmentalists, with things like saying we want partial zero-emission vehicles.