[artichokegrower]

“We have a vehicle problem,” Cort said. “We’re addicted to our cars and trucks, and that’s a big cause of the air pollution that we’re fighting.”

We have a freedom problem. Americans being allowed to make choices must come to an end.

[dfwgator]

I predict eventually the eco-terrorists will start going around sabotaging ICE vehicles, and they won’t be prosecuted for it.

Like how they used to go up and spray paint fur coats.

[butlerweave]

Phasing out Humans would solve the problem once and for all

[FlingWingFlyer]

Cauliphonya! The Granola State. Nothin’ but nuts, fruits and flakes.

[albie]

CA is Venezuela.

[frogjerk]

One of the most valuable inventions that ever increased our liberties and freedoms is the internal combustion engine and the American car that it resulted in. It has increased our ability to excersize our freedom of movement and search for liberty and prosperity as we deem what is right for our families and ourselves.

Freedom of movement is a threat to tyranny so it must be limited by despots and dictators.

[Laslo Fripp]

Comment of the day, and it’s only 9 o’clock!

[Jim Noble]

to drastically cut planet-warming emissions

[the OlLine Rebel]

So diesels are no longer the great alternative.

Goes to show how definition creep works. As a kid diesel was considered the more “efficient” mode of transport.

[the OlLine Rebel]

So diesels are no longer the great alternative.

Goes to show how definition creep works. As a kid diesel was considered the more “efficient” mode of transport.

[Migraine]

EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks

Was that ever in question by the EPA? Foregone conclusion, I would say. It's right up their alley. In fact, anything to really screw things up for the vast majority of people is the EPA stock in trade.

[bray]

That Global Warming has caused 50’ of snow in CA.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Nothing comes close to the energy density of “fossil” fuels.

The end of “fossil” fuels is the end of food.

That’s the real goal.

[Cowman]

There was a movie in the late Seventies where Lee Majors races the last car in the country to CA where there are still free people.

Well, Can’t get all of em right

[C210N]

well, at least we’ll still have windmill-powered trucks.

[JBW1949]

So what is China and India doing to cut “climate change”?????

[Leaning Right]

No more diesel trucks in CA? I wonder what’s the carbon footprint of a team of horses.

[HighSierra5]

Can’t happen.

[George from New England]

In virtually every way “EPA == California”
Same lack of brains involved.

[asinclair]

I think some of you are missing the point. California has a smog problem, and the usual mitigations aren't working because CA citizens stubbornly refuse to leave the car at home and use alternative transportation. This latest move by the State is to force logistics operators to "upgrade" their trucks to use the latest low-smog engines. This means that the cost of transporting a load will increase.

Now we watch what California does with train engines and ships. They are next.

Then there is the great ongoing move to battery automobiles: will PG&E upgrade the electrical infrastructure to make this viable with 2022 technology? What will Tesla do about replacing lithium ion chemistry with something safer, lighter, and physically more robust? Will the future of BEV be swappable battery packs?

Frankly, we won't see significant advances in BEV until there are road races. The reason that ICE is well-developed is because rabid car builders worked to build better racers...and that technology filtered down to the four-wheeler in your driveway.

[antidemoncrat]

Hey, give them a break. Electric powered trucks will probably be able to go a hundred miles before spending 15 hours to recharge.