“Electric cars only, but blackouts and coal energy”. California in the heart of green madness
Are you willing to travel only in electric or hydrogen cars, in the event of a black-out shift and energy produced from coal? To this question, California Governor Gavin Newsom replies, apparently, "YES"!
California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order in September 2020 phasing out gas cars and requiring sales of all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035, the California Glob reported . The governor's executive order also deals with the "closure and remediation of former oil extraction sites", threatening the oil and gas industry in the state that is expected to close. Both Texas produces oil …
Now the California Air Resources Board has announced this week new zero-emission vehicle regulations, which, if passed, would require 35% of new auto sales in the state to be battery or hydrogen powered by 2026, with a mandatory increase in sales of electric cars to reach 100% by 2035, the Globe reported .
"Get away from the gas stations," Newsom said. "We are no longer victims of geopolitical dictators who manipulate global supply chains and global markets." Without considering that the oil that its cars use comes from "dictatorial regimes" in Texas, Wyoming, etc …
Data from 2020 showed that only 2% of all cars in California have zero emissions, probably because most people can't afford to drive a $ 60,000 luxury electric vehicle or pay $ 3,000 to $ 8,000 to drive. install a car charging station at home in your garage.
Too bad that this choice places California in front of a choice: either to have electric cars or to have electricity continuously without blackouts. 2020 and 2021 saw a series of huge blackouts, with over 800,000 detached users, during the summer. The situation is preparing to repeat itself this year as well . how can one think of making cars all electric, without having generation capacity?
Simple: by making electricity from coal! California can only try to survive by importing electricity, whose second source of generation in the US is coal.
While California pushes electric cars, they are only as clean as their electricity supply, which is mostly coal, the second-largest energy source for generating electricity in the United States.
It is important to remember that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) miscalculated pollution levels to be 340 percent relative to actual pollution levels, and that this vastly erroneous data was then used to enforce unrealistic legislation, such as diesel regulations. of the Truck and Bus Rule.
So “Green” California made its choice: yes to blackouts, yes to coal, more electric cars. Fortunately, internal combustion cars are not outlawed, but they will still be able to circulate. They will become more sought after than gold !!
Thanks to our Telegram channel you can stay updated on the publication of new articles of Economic Scenarios.
The article "Only electric cars, but blackouts and energy from coal". California in the heart of green madness comes from ScenariEconomici.it .
This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/auto-solo-elettriche-ma-blackout-e-energia-dal-carbone-la-california-nel-cuore-della-follia-verde/ on Sat, 16 Apr 2022 14:38:14 +0000.