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2020-09-24 Home Front: Politix
California's Gavin Newsom Bans Gas-powered Vehicles, Effective 2035
[BREITBART] Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that the state will ban sales of gas-powered vehicles, effective in 2035. Newsom said that the "audacious" goal was necessary to achieve the state’s goal of 100% renewable energy by 2045.Newsom said that his new executive order would "eliminate" the sales of "internal combustion engines" and move to electric vehicles — a move that he said would create jobs and allow California to "dominate" the market, and address climate change. Those who currently own gas-powered vehicles would still be allowed to operate them and to sell them on the used market.

2035 happens to be the same year that former Vice President Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
...Failed seeker of the Democratic presidential nomination on multiple occasions, vice president under Barack Obama, giving it a last try in his dotage for 2020...
has set as a deadline for the U.S. to eliminate fossil fuels from electricity production, five years later than originally proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in her "Green New Deal." Ocasio-Cortez led the climate change panel on the "Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force" earlier this year.

Newsom cited ongoing wildfires, as well several recent record-breaking high temperatures in the state, in explaining his push for "ambitious goals" — though he did not explain how reducing local emissions would affect global climate enough to affect local temperatures. California currently emits 1% of the world’s carbon emissions despite being the sixth-biggest economy.
Posted by Fred 2020-09-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ]  Top

#1 What if the vehicles owned by the US Government and military don't agree? Is he going to outlaw gasoline stations by Imperial Governor's Fiat?
Posted by magpie 2020-09-24 00:56||   2020-09-24 00:56|| Front Page Top

#2 He's probably convinced himself that Tesla won't pull out and they'll tax all sales at both ends.
Posted by gorb 2020-09-24 01:01||   2020-09-24 01:01|| Front Page Top

#3 So with rolling blackouts, how are they going to 'plug in' their electrics?
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-09-24 01:50||   2020-09-24 01:50|| Front Page Top

#4 At this rate, refusing a sexual advance by a trans will be considered a hate crime in CA.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2020-09-24 02:19||   2020-09-24 02:19|| Front Page Top

#5 #4 LOL.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-24 03:45||   2020-09-24 03:45|| Front Page Top

#6 California is set to stop selling new gasoline-powered cars and trucks by 2035 in a bid to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions
Posted by Skidmark 2020-09-24 06:37||   2020-09-24 06:37|| Front Page Top

#7 ...I think they're solving that by driving the entrepreneurial and middle class out of the state. A much lower overall population. Just the rich will have 'cars' while the peasantry will move solely by mass transit. Going to be tough in the rural areas.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-09-24 07:36||   2020-09-24 07:36|| Front Page Top

#8 Ridiculous hype. An executive order that won't stand.
Posted by Frank G 2020-09-24 07:44||   2020-09-24 07:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Virtue signal now and leave any fallout (like swinging from lamp posts if any are so stupid to implement this) for your successor's successor.
Posted by Sholunter Graith3951 2020-09-24 09:10||   2020-09-24 09:10|| Front Page Top

#10 In unrelated news, Nevada and Oregon car dealerships gear up for expected increase in demand.
Posted by Warthog 2020-09-24 10:26||   2020-09-24 10:26|| Front Page Top

#11 2035. He'll be long gone by then. Technology will probably have replaced gas-powered vehicles by then. So he just wants to jump on the dictator bandwagon and virtue signal with no real downside.
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-09-24 13:00||   2020-09-24 13:00|| Front Page Top

#12 What the hell is Newsome complaining about ? My 69 Corvette gets 8 miles per gallon.
Posted by crazyhorse 2020-09-24 14:35||   2020-09-24 14:35|| Front Page Top

#13 Switch to diesel powered cars?
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-09-24 17:00||   2020-09-24 17:00|| Front Page Top

#14 If you had diesel-powered "solar panels", they could generate power at night.
Posted by SteveS 2020-09-24 17:53||   2020-09-24 17:53|| Front Page Top

#15 Make mine a BUDA !
Posted by Besoeker 2020-09-24 19:10||   2020-09-24 19:10|| Front Page Top

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