Posted on 10/13/2021 6:06:41 AM PDT by blam
California took another step toward its goal of ridding the state of all gas-powered engines thanks to a new bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday.
The new law will ban the sale of all off-road, gas-powered engines, including generators, lawn equipment, pressure washers, chainsaws, weed trimmers, and even golf carts. Under the new law , these machines must be zero-emissions, meaning they will have to be either battery-powered or plug-in, according to the Los Angeles Times .
“This is a pretty modest approach to trying to limit the massive amounts of pollution that this equipment emits, not to mention the health impact on the workers who are using it constantly,” Marc Berman, the bill’s author, told the outlet. “It’s amazing how people react when they learn how much this equipment pollutes, and how much smog forming and climate changing emissions that small off-road engine equipment creates.”
The new law is expected to affect nearly 50,000 small businesses . California’s budget includes $30 million to help professional landscapers and gardeners quit using gas-powered equipment, but even then, the budget is still not capable of bearing the full financial burden.
The National Association of Landscape Professionals also noted how zero-emission commercial equipment is both more expensive and less efficient than gas-powered equipment. A gas-powered riding lawn mower costs between $7,000-$11,000 while the zero-emissions version costs more than twice that amount, according to the outlet.
The new rule will be implemented by January 2024, or as soon as regulators determine is “feasible,” whichever date is later. The California Air Resources Board has already started working on executing the law, which is a lengthy process scheduled to conclude early next year, per the outlet.
Newsom banning futures purchases of gas-powered lawn equipment continues his pursuit of making California run exclusively on green energy. The governor signed an executive order in September 2020 mandating that all of California’s new car sales be zero-emissions models by 2035. The order also requires new bus and truck sales, whenever feasible, to be zero-emissions vehicles by 2045.
Another crazy loony commiefornia law. Where is all the electricity to charge the batteries going to come from? commiefornia is also mandating all new homes to have electric water heaters, heaters, ovens, stoves, range tops, dryers, etc.
No new homes will get any natural gas hookups.
No wood burning fireplaces are allowed here either.
Solar panels are now mandatory also.
They had their chance. Sorry.
Once I’m fired over the clot shot mandate, at least I know I’ll have a career as a chainsaw smuggler...
how am I to charge my leaf blower with no generator?
THANK YOU!! I have always had the same thought, it is such a BS line. I also call BS every time I see the word "Eco" in front of any word describing a product.
there goes the entire lawn care and gardening industry in all of California.....unless they can afford an industrial tractor and mower I guess....
anybody suppose Gruisome Newsom is gonna stop his 18 holes a week because of the weeds?
I hate this ridiculous and draconian oppression by the fools in Sacramento but your scenario is easily dealt with by having multiple batteries. A landscape service worker will simply swap several out during the course of a workday.
It will make operating that service more expensive, thus eliminating smaller competitors. It will also likely raise prices, and during a blackout your lawn likely won’t get trimmed.
A 10-hp (8,000W) ZTR Mower costs $20,000.
CA gonna have a long grass issue. Someone’s going to make a fortune renting out goats.
Watch Out, Your mobility is Freedom and Freedom is a threat to the New World Order. You know they will eventually get around to banning Motorcycles.
Visions of a chainsaw brigade, from other states, coming to the rescue are going through my head.
Removing Gasoline as the dominant source of energy will be a disaster
Well, from what seen of the situation, most folks who live in communist countries don’t mow their lawns anyway.. So, this is par for the course...
From what I've read, new sales of that type of equipment would be banned as well.
Brilliance like Newsom’s only comes along occasionally..thank goodness. Let’s see if I got this right...He wants all things basically to be powered by renewable energy, but is already running short of electrical supply. Is he related to Biden or someone in the administration? Certain traits seem to be common here.
And the day will come when the police will be called when Karen suspects her neighbor has illegally purchased, and is now using, a gas-powered lawnmower on a Saturday afternoon...
Newsom has ties the the Chinese Communist Party, you can be sure.
There are many who want the United States taken down. The CCP is near the top of the list. Those who want a global government are a very close second.
Said the brain-damaged retard Marc Berman, who has probably never done an actual day's work in his entire useless life:
Early life and education
Berman was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in Palo Alto, California. He is Jewish. After graduating from Palo Alto High School, where he served as student body president.
In 2002, Berman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Georgetown University. He then earned a Juris Doctor from the USC Gould School of Law.
In college, Berman worked in Congresswoman Anna Eshoo's office and as an analyst in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.
Career
After graduating from law school, Berman worked as an attorney at Latham & Watkins and Merino Yebri, LLP. He also worked provided pro bono representation to clients seeking protection under the Violence Against Women Act and individuals seeking asylum from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Before his election to the California State Assembly, Berman served as a member of the Palo Alto City Council.
They’ll be out there with scissors...
including generators
Hamster Power ?
Nuke L.A.
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