Posted on 05/31/2024 7:08:45 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Imagine a world where gas stations are replaced by charging stations. Does that sound weird or cool? Well, that’s the future 12 U.S. states are hurtling towards by phasing out the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles.
California pioneered this ambitious plan to fight air pollution by encouraging residents to buy electric cars. A domino effect has begun following California’s lead, with 11 states lining up to follow suit.
In August 2022, California decided to ban the sales of gas-powered cars by 2035. It’s a big step in fighting climate change since ICEs constitute a significant cause of air pollution. However, the rule doesn’t apply to used cars, which can still be sold and bought.
The Advanced Clean Cars II regulation will kick in 2026 with a small percentage of new cars required to be electric and then increase each year until only zero-emission vehicles are sold in 2035. Whether this initiative will work hinges on the state’s ability to continue ramping up sales of Zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs).
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People will buy their iCE cars in other states. But before these artificial deadlines ever materialize, there will be legislative actions moving them back. Reality is a bitch.
Yes more tax payer money up in smoke.
Looking at this list, I would like to buy car dealership in New Hampshire.
WV, OH, NC, NV, AZ and ID will be pretty good investment too.
Some leftist DA will probably use “interstate commerce” clause to prosecute. =o/
CA imports one-third of its electricity.
Exactly! And who is going to pay for the new infrastructure that's going to be required? CA already has inadequate power generation because environmentalists shut down construction attempts. You think rolling brownouts are bad now. Given that, where are new jobs going to come from when there's already a power shortage. This is ill-conceived at best.
<>“Seventeen states have historically followed California’s regulations, but so far only Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington have announced they’ll enforce the Advanced Clean Cars II rule and prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles.”
Absolutely, 12 states indeed stuck on stupid. It would be nice to know what those states are though. We know California, but what are the others?
Can the grid in those states handle all the EVs?
Some of the people pushing this are most likely true believers, but to the Deep State this is just a way to promote collapse.
A serious question; can states refuse to allow cars purchased outside their boundaries to be driven in them? Everyone who believed in freedom would just “live” in Texas, for legal purposes and be on extended “visits” to such lawless restrictive other states like these 12?
Only rich people will have personal vehicles
But their political elites will still be driven around in caravans of gas powered SUVs.
Gas autos for me but not for thee.
Thank you. I was just going to do that.
All bastions of blue.
“These tyrants need to be destroyed once and for all and I agree it’s Trump to do it. All hands on deck”
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Don’t expect many in the GOP to help Trump. They will either resist him or be AWOL.
It is NOT stupidity.
The people hiding behind their idiot frontmen are far from stupid.
This is evil.
Sheer, unadulterated evil.
Expect sales of gas cars to spike just before the regulations kick in.
With care, these days, a car can last a long time.
I have two questions...
If a blue states are blue, why does Deep State have to steal their elections?
And if there are red states, why have NONE of them secured their elections or protected their budgets from threats from Deep State?
California
Delaware
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
Rhode Island
Vermont
Washington
Virginia
Connecticut
Also considering the move:
Maine, Pennsylvania, New Mexico
If I was Exxon and other companies I would announce in advance they will be closing their gas stations BEFORE the ban starts and may (may not) put in charging stations. See if there is any pushback from legislators.
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