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....
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GOP-e: “....if I only had a brain....”
I sure get tired of the open goal posts, no defense and the GOP refusing to enter the field.
I think the point is no one ever voted on it.
If they tried, it never would have passed.
And where will the energy come from to produce the hydrogen in the water?
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Democrats have committed to a policy that is wildly unpopular outside their small base of urban college graduates who idealize 15 minute cities navigated by bike shares. And they’ve done so with limited pushback from a Republican party that is schizophrenic and feckless in its inability to focus, to make a coherent case and to message on the things that actually matter to voters.The car bans are an act of cultural, social and economic warfare by an urban elite against the rest of the country. If successful, they would make life all but impossible in rural areas, and increasingly challenging in many suburban areas. They would tear apart families, wreck jobs and push struggling people underwater.
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On the way to their suicide ending, the demonKKKrats will cause us a lot of pain and anguish.
...and push struggling people underwater.
it will be the only option for many
it will be
shut up
and get on the bus
not stupid
evil
they know exactly what they are doing
the issue is never the issue
the issue is always the revolution
You can bet they’ll scorch the earth.
Drove thru town yesterday and I’ll be danged if they aren’t putting in one of those electric fuel charging stations!!!!
It can be done with a controlled release from water using a catalyst
It should be mentioned that
ICE cars won’t be banned in
these states. What is banned
is the sale of new ICE cars.
Only new EV’s will be sold in
these states. Laws will probably
be put in place where used ICE
vehicles coming in to the state
can’t be registered, and all
ICE vehicles left thru attrition
in the state will have to
pass an impossible to meet
new set of emissions standards.
If they don’t pass, they don’t
get registered.
If the state wants ICE cars off
the road, they’ll figure out
a way to accomplish this task.
ping
California liberals don't just want to ban gas cars. They want to ban ALL cars.
California is no more friendly to electric vehicles than they are to gas ones. Maybe even less so. Unless you live in a home with a garage, you have no real place to charge them and housing prices mean that many Californians live in apartments or condos and park on the street where there are no charging stations.
California isn't saying, "buy an electric car." They're saying, "take the bus."
I think these bans will fall apart of their own unpopularity well before 2035.
But say these bans & mandates stay on track, I’d expect to see increasing theft of older but still dependable ICE vehicles, as the scarcity must increase their resale value .
It's important for all of us to sacrifice so white liberal elties can use their private jets to fly around the world.
Once it’s been released how much energy does it take to compress is and where will you get the energy to do it?
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The skunks who rule London are trying ban automobiles as much as they can. UK is way ahead of us. These ULEZ zones are not just in London. But planned for other UK cities too. Such as Oxford-Cambridge.
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