Many of us have heard the old wisdom that: "No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session." However, with the rise of the regulatory state, it appears that the above quotation is no longer entirely accurate since our regulators are paid to work full time, regulate year-round, and what they are doing is noticeably starting to hurt. So even though Congress is in recess, our state legislatures are done for the year, and we are recreating in the warm summer sun, going to the beach, and cutting the grass (with gas powered lawnmowers), they are now coming for….our cars.
If the United States were to magically zero all carbon emissions today, the net impact on global climate change would be basically un-measurable. The PRC and India which, together, account for more than a third of the world's population are busily modernizing and their populations want western life styles -- no more burning buffalo dung to cook dinner. The PRC is turning on a new COAL-fired electric power plant twice a month -- and the coal they're burning is one step removed from peat. What we're doing here in the US is meaningless. That doesn't mean we should not be finding ways to clean up our environment -- just that we don't need the bureaucracies in DC to tell us how to do it. I'm old enough to remember when rivers here in the US caught fire, to remember when the Potomac River between DC and MD was covered with three feet of soap suds, to remember when your eyes burned driving through the LA basin. Let's be sane for a change.
I`m keeping my 2 mini vans , especially the 2005 T&C with the Dave Kerber sticker, and the 1994 mercedes 220-C and my wifes 2016 jeep. There `s only so much lithium to go around and the batteries will cost more than the EV car to replace Ralph
Government run amok is right, Dave! Looks like we're trying to catch up with Germany, meaning were trying to devolve faster than they are. https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/germanys-climate-efforts-not-enough-hit-2030-targets-experts-say-2023-08-22/
If the United States were to magically zero all carbon emissions today, the net impact on global climate change would be basically un-measurable. The PRC and India which, together, account for more than a third of the world's population are busily modernizing and their populations want western life styles -- no more burning buffalo dung to cook dinner. The PRC is turning on a new COAL-fired electric power plant twice a month -- and the coal they're burning is one step removed from peat. What we're doing here in the US is meaningless. That doesn't mean we should not be finding ways to clean up our environment -- just that we don't need the bureaucracies in DC to tell us how to do it. I'm old enough to remember when rivers here in the US caught fire, to remember when the Potomac River between DC and MD was covered with three feet of soap suds, to remember when your eyes burned driving through the LA basin. Let's be sane for a change.
"Sure, you can trust the government; ask an Indian!" ~Bumper sticker?
I`m keeping my 2 mini vans , especially the 2005 T&C with the Dave Kerber sticker, and the 1994 mercedes 220-C and my wifes 2016 jeep. There `s only so much lithium to go around and the batteries will cost more than the EV car to replace Ralph