Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Newsom orders 2035 phaseout of gas-powered vehicles, calls for fracking ban
Los Angeles Times ^ | September 23, 2020

Posted on 09/23/2020 10:49:42 AM PDT by KingofZion

Emphasizing that California must stay at the forefront of the fight against climate change, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday issued an executive order to restrict new car sales in the state to only zero-emission vehicles by 2035 ***

Under Newsom’s order, the California Air Resources Board would implement the phase-out of new gas-powered cars and light trucks and also require medium and heavy-duty trucks to be zero-emission by 2045 where possible. California would be the first state in the nation to mandate 100% zero-emission vehicles, though 15 countries already have committed to phasing out gas-powered cars.

*** Cars, trucks and other vehicles are the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in California, accounting for about 40% of the statewide total, and their emissions have been stubbornly creeping upward in recent years. Driving down transportation pollution remains the state’s biggest challenge in achieving its goal of slashing planet-warming emissions 40% below 1990 levels by 2030.

Under current regulations, California’s Air Resources Board requires automakers to sell electric, fuel cell and other zero-emission vehicles in increasing percentages through 2025. Electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles accounted for 7.6% new car

“This is the most impactful step our state can take to fight climate change,” Newsom said in a statement released Wednesday morning. “Our cars shouldn’t make wildfires worse — and create more days filled with smoky air. Cars shouldn’t melt glaciers or raise sea levels threatening our cherished beaches and coastlines.”

Newsom said that California’s action will help spur greater innovation for zero-emission vehicles and, by creating a huge market, will drive down the cost of those cars and trucks. More than 1.63 million new cars and trucks are expected to be sold in the state in 2020, according to the California New Car Dealers Assn.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS:
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100101-109 next last
To: KingofZion

She’ll have fun, fun, fun, til Gavin takes her T-Bird away!


61 posted on 09/23/2020 11:36:49 AM PDT by Fireone (Build the gallows first, then the Wall!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: KingofZion
“Our cars shouldn’t make wildfires worse ..."

Hmmmm...I didn't realize cars were the cause of wildfires.

62 posted on 09/23/2020 11:41:09 AM PDT by HarleyD
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: clintonh8r
Well, I guess that’ll take care of those wildfires....

Imagine the electric-powered airplanes and helicopters trying to put out the wildfires. Good for the first 20 minutes before heading back for a recharge.

63 posted on 09/23/2020 11:44:09 AM PDT by roadcat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: KingofZion
Marxist attempt to nationalize the economy. Cause the complete collapse of the power and auto industries, then swoop in and nationalize them. Restrict the movement of the people so that you can outlaw suburbs and force everyone to live and work in government run communes, which are easier to police and control through force. Exterminate anyone who opposes the government or who cannot work. It's the dawn of the rebirth of American slavery.

Also, to those of you who write off California or the U.S., know that when California goes, so goes the U.S.A., and when the U.S.A. goes, so goes the world. The fight needs to be brought to California and there is no where to run when the Marxists plans come to fruition.

64 posted on 09/23/2020 12:01:42 PM PDT by Intar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: KingofZion

So. They have electricity shortages, and the answer is to make ALL ground transportation use electricity.

They know something. They know tyranny is coming and we won’t be allowed to travel.


65 posted on 09/23/2020 12:05:05 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("Black Lives Matter" becomes "Terse TV Blackmail"..... #AnagramsNeverLie)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CIB-173RDABN

The automobile was seen as an answer to that problem.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Ironic.


66 posted on 09/23/2020 12:11:44 PM PDT by Qiviut ("I have never wished death upon a man, but I have read many obituaries with pleasure" Mark Twain)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 58 | View Replies]

To: kosciusko51

Have you ever owned (and had to often repair) a Fiat? NEVER own a Fiat...


67 posted on 09/23/2020 12:19:05 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: jonascord

Of course...Isn’t it so perfect when they “assign” you to a job that is close to the apartment that they “assign” you to????


68 posted on 09/23/2020 12:19:48 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: Qiviut

So if you are a tourist taking a “driving” vacation there...do you have to leave your dirty gasoline car at the border??? I laugh at the idiocy of leftists/LIBs/DIMs. More popcorn!!!


69 posted on 09/23/2020 12:22:21 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 66 | View Replies]

To: KingofZion

Newsom is attacking the “problem” of “California warming”. With China and India building dozens of new coal-fired power plants, Newsom’s diktat will not address GLOBAL warming.


70 posted on 09/23/2020 12:23:09 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Personal Responsibility

bkmk


71 posted on 09/23/2020 12:24:01 PM PDT by sbnsd
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 56 | View Replies]

To: KingofZion

We have fracking in CA. who knew?? I live here and these ASSHATS won’t even manage the forests because of environmental WAKOS I am quite sure there is no fracking here already!!


72 posted on 09/23/2020 12:27:07 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: KingofZion

As if CARB was not heavy-handed enough.

Where else does a gubmint agency set up exhaust sniffers on freeway on ramps to sniff out smog equipment violators.


73 posted on 09/23/2020 12:30:26 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: KingofZion

Result: Used car sales will boom so much that California dealers will be importing used cars from other states.

Note to Newsome: The auto industries in California for re-supplying and repairs to used cars is one of the largest in the country, and with his “Green” executive order will continue to grow and become an even bigger part of the California economy.


74 posted on 09/23/2020 12:35:20 PM PDT by Wuli
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: hal ogen

My aunt had a TR6. It was a good looking car, even with the hood up most of the time. Always had problems.

I think she still has it.


75 posted on 09/23/2020 12:36:00 PM PDT by wally_bert (Transmission tone, Selma)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 67 | View Replies]

To: kosciusko51

No, that Fiat is a classic look. A friend had one in 1976. Cool car.


76 posted on 09/23/2020 12:44:57 PM PDT by gathersnomoss (Just the facts, ma'am......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 57 | View Replies]

To: JBW1949
There are a lot on former Soviet refugees in my town, and one of the things they mention is that in worker's housing, those huge concrete apartment blocks, ALL the apartments were identical. The bathroom was there, the bedroom was that way, all the rooms were decorated the same, since the apartment is NOT yours, and the local Party manager must approve what you hang on the walls, and the colors you can use.

Democrats like that. It saves them from thinking, and thinking makes pains between their ears.

I have the solution, but no one likes it.

77 posted on 09/23/2020 12:47:30 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 68 | View Replies]

To: KingofZion

And then we’ll see a mandate restricting the use of electrical power produced in the state to government use only in order to recharge its electric vehicles, while Californians can sit in the dark and cook their food over open fires in their back yards. Of course, they will then be fined for open burning.


78 posted on 09/23/2020 12:55:34 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: KingofZion

Come 2035, a mere 15 years from now California will still have 90%+ of all vehicles running on gas, and farmers will still be driving those old diesel trucks to the cannery.

And the CA legislature and governor will suddenly change their minds again.


79 posted on 09/23/2020 1:04:48 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: KingofZion

I hope he does have the authority! CA already has a case of the shorts when it comes to electric power. The blackouts have proved this fact. Solar power is useless after the sun goes down, and most electric vehicle owners will want to recharge while they are at home asleep. So where will Newsom get the kilowatts needed? He certainly isn’t the brightest light bulb on the Christmas tree.


80 posted on 09/23/2020 1:07:33 PM PDT by Saltmeat (69)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100101-109 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson