I’m pretty sure that the Constitution was never meant to allow elected officials to simply declare that a product was verboten in such a manner. I’m also pretty sure that Padilla, Feinstein, and Biden haven’t given up their own use of fossil fueled vehicles
California senators calling on Biden to set date for phasing out gasoline cars
The two U.S. senators representing California are calling on President Biden to create a deadline for U.S. automakers to end sales of gasoline-powered cars, according to a new report.
In a letter to be sent to Biden on Monday that was obtained by Reuters, Democratic Sens. Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein urge Biden to “follow California’s lead and set a date by which all new cars and passenger trucks sold be zero-emission vehicles.â€
The senators add that many U.S. automakers have the tools and process already in place to phase out gas-powered cars and would be able to meet a realistic deadline for ending gas-powered car sales with ease.
“We believe the national baseline should, at an absolute minimum, be built around the technical lead set by companies that voluntarily advanced their agreements with California,†they wrote. “California and other states need a strong federal partner.â€
No, we actually don’t. The federal government was never, ever meant to be this powerful. By what legal rational could Joe force automakers to stop selling fossil fueled vehicles? I didn’t realize that the federal government was supposed to put out authoritarian dictates based on the Beliefs of a cult. Whatever happened to the old Leftist talking point about “separation between church and state”?
In September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced he would sign an executive order requiring sales of all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035 and additional measures to eliminate harmful emissions from the transportation sector.
You know who this hurts? The middle and lower classes, who, again, cannot really afford a pure electric vehicle. Not a good one. Maybe a tiny one which doesn’t go very far or carry much. As I noted a couple months ago
The least expensive out there, excluding the tiny ones like those you rent in places like Bermuda (which makes sense there), is the Mini Cooper SE, with a range of 110 miles and a base price of $30,750. For that kind of money you could get a Honda Accord EXL or the Toyota Camry equivalent, higher end standard sedans, or the same trim levels for the CRV or RAV4. Their hybrid versions aren’t that much more expensive. And will go a lot longer, have a much lower cost of ownership, and much higher residual values.
So, expensive for not much.
Biden earlier this year made a promise to ensure all vehicles currently owned by the federal government that run on gasoline would be replaced with U.S.-made electric vehicles.
“The federal government also owns an enormous fleet of vehicles which we’re going to replace with clean, electric vehicles made right here in America by American workers,” the president said at the time.
Who’s making them? Because there sure isn’t production for them. Even Tesla doesn’t make that many, they aren’t mostly set up for government work, and are way more expensive. Let these climate cultists give up their own use of fossil fueled vehicles, purchase their own EVs, see how that goes.
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