[Robert A Cook PE]

HUH?

Yeah, right.

And how many batteries is it going to take to to plow/rake/seed/turn under a field several DOZEN square miles in area?

And when are the farmers going to find TIME to recharge these extremely heavy batteries (which, I suppose, aren't going to cause their "new" tractors and mowers and seeding machines (couple of hundred thousand apiece!) to bog down in the dirt)? Besides, conversion (utility power) to low-volt AC/to DC/to DC- battery charge/DC current from teh battery/DC power to the motor/motor power to the wheels .... will NOT be more efficient than a high torgue current diesel. No thought. No science. No economics. No engineering. Pure emotion. Pure democrat. (And free government electricity (er, hot air) powering all of it.)

[blackdog]

Oh my! Where to start?

Given the fact that my diesel tractor powers pumps, grain mills, elevators, augers, blower/choppers, wood chippers, snow blowers, manure spreader, saw mill, generator, barn cleaner, hammer mill, logging winch, and does field work with plows, tillers, sub-soiler, grain drill, brillion seeder, haybine, rake, baler, stalk shredder, and pulls 12 ton wagons, you'd be one hell of a salesman to find an alternative.

This initiative is as sensible as telling the IRS to abandon computers and go back to using pencils and an abacus.

[okie01]

And how many batteries is it going to take to to plow/rake/seed/turn under a field several DOZEN square miles in area?

And when are the farmers going to find TIME to recharge these extremely heavy batteries (which, I suppose, aren't going to cause their "new" tractors and mowers and seeding machines (couple of hundred thousand apiece!) to bog down in the dirt)?

No batteries necessary. Just put a heavy duty outlet where the sprinkler pivot is. And plug a really long cord into your tractor, then work in ever-decreasing circles...

Oh! And build a few more power plants, plus expand the grid, too. Since the state and its grid is already on the verge of being out of capacity.

Congratulations, California. There is still no shortage of liberal clowns in your legislature.