Posted on 09/09/2021 2:16:31 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Signs Law Requiring Zero-Emission Vehicles By 2035
Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Wednesday requiring all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state to be zero-emissions by 2035.
Under the new law, new off-road vehicles and equipment sold in New York are also targeted to be zero-emissions by 2035, and new medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles by 2045. The law further requires the state’s Energy Research and Development Authority to create a zero-emissions vehicle development strategy by 2023.
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The sticking points for me are several:
I'm not convinced that an EV, with manufacturing of motors. magnets, and batteries; then fossil fuel power generation, transmission, storage, battery recycling/reclaiming etc. is actually any more environmentally friendly than a high mpg fossil fuel vehicle. (which is what I have now)
While my typical commute is right in a sweet spot for EVs, I do also occasionally require long-haul runs well past several full charges. I also live in a mountainous area, long steep uphills are not great. Sure you get regen all the way down the other side - but you have to make it to the top first. That implies hitting the base with some minimum reserve, accounting for traffic delays, wind, etc.
It gets hot here, so AC use would reduce effective range. It gets cold here, so heater use would reduce effective range.
Given the current crop of EVs, in general they're going to have to come down to about 1/2 their current price, and get about a 50% boost in range or battery capacity to handle mountains, AC, and heating. Something like a Honda Civic sedan with 500 mile range and a $25K price tag...then I'd get serious about it.
“...requiring all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state to be zero-emissions by 2035...”
Will just put car dealers out of business. Buy’em in another state.
That’s okay bitch...I have a thing for my internal combustion engines.
I dont you have either since you said 9 inches. When I lived about an hour south of the Canadian border, that snowfall was considered a dusting... lol
Not to mention "Enviromental Impact Statements", "Permits and Fees", "Reclamation Costs"...and who knows what else the bureaucrats might come up with down the road.
Ok, you convinced me to go with a winter dog sled service.
Is it really legitimate to call a notion like this a “LAW”?
These people are nuts.
If there was going to be any mining done then we had 20 years to do so.
The terrain is tough and the engineering required to mine and move that ore will be complex.
To go in there the entire country must be subjugated to allow all that to happen and right now it isn’t. Dealing with the Taliban and their 12th Century thinking will be very hard. There may well be Trillions of Ores there that we need but getting them will be very difficult, even for the Chinese.
Easy. Just mandate universal conversion to the Amish faith.
Forget the Jerk Store. There’s a whole Jerk State.
Where will the expansion of the Grid come from to do all of this and most of all where will the tremendous amount of Copper come from to make it happen. To do all that would be necessary to make this country able to generate all the electricity and build the infrastructure needed, this country would need to world’s entire output of Copper for years into the future.
new off-road vehicles and equipment
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Chain saws, weed eaters, lawn blowers, cement mixers, how about those gas powered saws that first responders use to open up car wrecks, generators (OH OH), emergency water pumps,
Were going to need a lot of lithium.
The terrain is tough and the engineering required to mine and move that ore will be complex.
= = =
And it will be done with battery powered equipment, right?
I want to know how evacuations work with evs. I feel like they don’t work.
Evacuations of Gulf Coast have fuel trucks working the freeway helping people who ran out of gas....what will they do with no charge in their ev? Wait for the unicorn horn touch for healing?
YES
She is a total effing moron. Woketard in extreme.
Yup.
I did.
Wife wants to move back; I refuse.
(Pity, I’d be delighted to move to Adirondacks or Finger Lakes areas.)
Born in Buffalo. Survived the Blizzard of ‘77
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