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Originally Posted by MDLNB
"Biden has set a goal of eliminating pollution from fossil fuel in the power sector by 2035 and from the U.S. economy overall by 2050.."
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"SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he will aggressively move the state further away from its reliance on climate change-causing fossil fuels while retaining and creating jobs and spurring economic growth – he issued an executive order requiring sales of all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035 and additional measures to eliminate harmful emissions from the transportation sector."
And I don't see where there was any mandate to raise gas prices. Gas prices are raising all over the world. I don't think we did that.
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There's more, but I don't want to bore everyone.
Like I said, I have nothing against the EV industry. I am against eliminating or banning ICE vehicles. Until someone can produce transportation that EVERYONE can afford, the world needs fossil fuel. And pricing gasoline so high that the working Joe can't afford it, is not going to make the transition any easier.
I am not overly concerned with air pollution right now, considering we have better air quality now than when I was a kid. It is not a one idea or nothing. It is a combination of many different ideas to solve a problem of this sort. Why is it that some folks believe that there is only one way to solve air pollution?
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First, eliminating pollution from fossil fuel in the power sector has almost nothing to do with EVs, it is elimination of coat, gas, and oil from power plants.
Second, "he issued an executive order requiring sales of all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035" does not say you have to buy EVs it says auto manufacturers have to reach net zero emissions by 2035 for all new passenger vehicles, that would not apply to step vans, dump trucks, etc. sales. If they can do it some other way, go for it.
It also doesn't ban the sale of used ICE vehicles. And that is 2% of the states. CA is always leading on progressive issues. And I support states rights.