Posted on 09/19/2023 5:15:11 AM PDT by MtnClimber
9 Democrat-run states, California, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington, have moved to ban cars by 2035.
The Biden administration has exploited EPA emissions standards to accomplish the same thing.
The green push to ban cars and force everyone to buy electric vehicles is a core part of the program and also highly unpopular with families struggling with high prices and inflation. Electric vehicles are far more expensive and much less reliable than cars and most can’t afford them.
59% of Americans oppose a ban on cars while only 40% support it. But, in worse news for banners, support for the ban has consistently fallen over the last years by 7% while opposition to it has increased. Republicans and Independents are obviously stalwartly opposed, but even among Democrats, opposition has grown until a third of Dems is opposed.
On a state by state level, opposition remains strong even in states whose Democrat governors unwisely chose to sign on to a 2035 car ban date. In Maryland, 60% opposed Gov. Wes Moore’s car ban while in New Jersey some 58% are opposed including 42% of Democrats. In Washington, 48% opposed Gov. Jay Inslee’s car ban while 38% backed it. Of those who opposed it, 31% were strongly opposed.
In Virginia, which was put on track to a car ban by following California’s illegal emissions mandates, 58% oppose a gas car ban while only 33% support it. Tellingly, while 42% strongly oppose a car ban only 12% strongly support one. Even among Democrats, support and opposition are nearly tied 44% to 43%. In Minnesota, 65% oppose a car ban while only 29% support it. (47% strongly oppose the ban while only 9% strongly support it.)
Nationwide, support for car bans is strongest among urban voters. And yet even there, ban backing never quite tops 50%. In suburban areas, support drops down to 31% and rural areas falls all the way to 24%. That stands to reason because to whatever extent electric vehicles are viable, it’s only in the core density of major urban areas. Outside them, they’re unusable.
Polls also shows support for a car ban is tied to income. Even the cheapest electric vehicles are out of the price range of most Americans. That’s why opposition to car bans climbs for families making less than $40,000 and even those making up to $80,000. The proposed car ban means families being unable to replace their minivan. It means mothers who can’t drop off their kids at school and fathers who can’t drive to work.
A car ban is an extinction level event for American families. If it goes through, 53% of Americans won’t be able to buy a car. Imagine how much their lives will change....
All of this for a “scientific” hoax.
Daniel Greenfield ping
But if the ICE ban dates began in year 2024 then about 99% of the population would oppose them.
And the article mentions not the flammability of the batteries. Do a search for that. Another subject the main stream lying media skips.
Go ahead and ban ‘em. Just one more reason to watch Democrat controlled cesspools sink deeper and deeper into hellholes.
Not to mention that the insurance rates are DOUBLE!
Not many details on how this is supposed to happen and prevent other states’ cars from entering those with the “ban”. It’s going to be pretty tough to enforce this and not too difficult to circumvent. Will probably create a grey market for “used cars” from outside of the banning states.
I just read about an ev that caught fire, was put out, than burst into flames in the impound lot two days later.
A self-driving taxi would be wonderful. No accidents, no insurance too buy, no need for the highway patrol. It would be cheaper to own.
The problem is the state owning them. Cramming people together in buses will never be accepted.
It’s going to be pretty tough to enforce this and not too difficult to circumvent.
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They can’t.
The interstate commerce cause prohibits it (not that the Democrats care about the Constitution but the other states may have a say about it).
They could (eventually) make it hard or impossible to get fuel.
Hydrogen fuel cells are the way of the future
Ban the catalytic converter!
Car bans will probably include all other non electric vehicles. That cannot work in rural areas.
Democrat-run HELL
Anybody who doesn’t believe that these bans are targeted on it certain ethnic abd political groups is an idiot. The white liberals in urban areas want to be in charge and they don’t want anybody to have any rights that might cause interference on their being in charge of literally everything within their fiefdom.
“Hydrogen fuel cells are the way of the future”
Hydrogen is extremely volatile. Remember the Hindenburg? I understand that it’s probably a good substitute for gasoline but it is very flammable.
in huge quantities it is a disaster waiting to happen
But you generate it (from water) as you need it.
I call for a ban on democrats.
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