Exactly. CA actions affect the entire country. SC (nor any other small state) cannot influence the car market at all, CA seems to rule it. Max Dillon Charleston SC
Sep 27, 2020 8:58:21 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > As far as cars go, CA is a big market, and whatever happens there, for > whatever reasons, affects the rest of the country. While CA might mismanage > it’s own MV (or chainsaw or weedwhacker or lawn mower) regulations, a > resident there has the choice to vote or move. The rest of us lack that > option yet manufacturers practically have to adhere to the choices of CARB or > the legislature in our options. > > I think that’s why people slag on CA, aside from the apparent stupidity of > some political decisions, I.e., to ban fossil fuel cars when there are > rolling blackouts and brownouts of electrons that would need to power the > electric cars. > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > >> On Sep 27, 2020, at 1:57 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Where does all this animosity toward CA come from? I mean I live here, and >> there is plenty of crazy stuff going on, but I don't obsess about what is >> going on in other states. >> >> For some reason people seem to enjoy slagging on California, even when they >> dont pay any taxes here. That seems weird to me. >> >> We are a federation of states. If 37 million people in a given state want >> to live a certain way or mismanage their finances or motor vehicle laws for >> whatever reason, it is their constitutional right to do so. Or at least I >> thought that was what this country was about. >> >>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 12:17 AM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I really hope CA, WA, and OR secede. Then the remaining states can >>> declare war on the "West", occupy (probably without resistance) everything >>> but some coastal enclaves and shut off the water and power to those blue >>> anthills. We won't be so lucky. >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of >>>> Max Dillon via Mercedes >>>> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 9:23 AM >>>> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> Cc: Max Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> >>>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] California is banning sales of new gas-powered cars by >>>> 2035. >>>> >>>> Insanity. Let the forests burn, releasing more carbon dioxide and other >>> very >>>> toxic pollution in a week than all those cars in a year or more, and >>> banish >>>> gasoline engines instead. Ignore that your state is burning down around >>> your >>>> ears, but find a boogey man that you can attack to signal your virtue. >>>> >>>> So will all the firefighting equipment be battery powered, hydrogen >>> powered, >>>> or use unicorn farts? Maybe all the trees will be burned down by then, >>> so no >>>> more firefighting equipment will be needed? >>>> Max Dillon >>>> Charleston SC >>>> >>>> Sep 24, 2020 7:50:52 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: >>>> >>>>> California is banning sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035. >>>>> >>>>> Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has made urgent calls this year for sweeping >>>> actions to curb carbon emissions as massive wildfires have devastated the >>>> West Coast, signed an order Wednesday aimed at helping to phase out >>>> combustion vehicles in the nation’s most populous state. The measure >>> targets >>>> ending the sale of new gasoline- and diesel-powered passenger cars in >>>> California by 2035. The Democratic governor said transitioning to zero- >>>> emissions vehicles would significantly reduce the state’s greenhouse gas >>>> output, about half of which comes from transportation. Currently, less >>> than >>>> 10% of all new vehicle sales in the state are electric. A leading auto- >>>> manufacturing lobbying group voiced support for expanding electric >>> offerings >>>> but called for more consumer incentives and infrastructure investments to >>>> boost demand. >>>>> >>>>> --FT >>>>> Sent from iPhone >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
