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Originally Posted by thennen
To those of you living in California, does Gavin really have the support of most of the people in the state? Honest question. I can’t imagine that most people go along with a lot of the things he does. Like this thread - insisting on (eventually) all-electric cars in a state that mandates rolling blackouts is like insisting that everyone travel by boat in the desert. Insisting on all-electric cars under any condition is wrong, regardless. That’s not the governor’s job.
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One has nothing to do with the other. Blackouts in the bay area are to combat / prevent fires started by electric lines. They’re a short term strategy during unusual heat / low rainfall months, and last 1-2 hours at most for anybody affected. They aren’t state wide nor are they “state mandated” - PGE, a private electric company, implemented this.
If you have a problem with blackouts, direct your ire toward the private electric company that is clearly not maintaining lines in a meaningful way.
I’ll leave it to you to determine WHY forest fire prevalence and severity has increased over the past decades.
RE: This legislation, it’s a stated GOAL, not a mandate or any type of actionable law... and even in that right it has noted exceptions for medium and heavy duty vehicles. CA legislature will surely draft proposals to help move toward this stated goal, and they will undoubtedly go through a number of revisions and incorporate compromises. CA has a HUGE farming region (central valley) and so concerns about commercial applications for gas engines will surely be heard and heavily considered.
In my humble opinion, the whole world is shifting away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy and electric vehicles. CA is leading that charge and stands to benefit greatly from potential economic success of those new (and quickly growing) industries - think Silicon Valley 2, and bigger. That were not pursuing similar goals on a national level is a shame, and huge missed opportunity.
If your gut reaction to this is “f@ck you, I like gasoline!” - fine, but don’t expect the world to follow you, and do try to consider that things change, whether you like it or not.
Oh, and please don’t move to AZ... we’re almost blue and I can’t wait.