No new gas car for you! You..Oregonian!,

 Bad ideas starting California and then spread North.  Both Oregon and California are single-party states, thanks to the left-leaning, dense populace of the Willamette Valley. The rest of us are trapped in this Hell with no representation at any level of government.  Many with means are choosing to leave the state. 

Here are some radically stupid ideas that California is trying out - the first one has already ensnared Oregon and 15 other states that have tied their clean air standards to California’s.  Virginia’s Governor and Lieutenant Governor are on record as promising to untie the knot that ties their state to California.  Their theory is that if the citizens wanted to adopt California’s laws there would be no need to have a Virginia legislature.  The same should be true of Oregon!  Even if Oregon’s legislators have not shown themselves to be business savvy or adept at figuring out human nature, at least we can hope to vote them out of office!  Oregonians can’t vote in California.  Yet.

And when the power runs low, electric cars don’t go.  Where will you be when the blackout hits?  What will you do in an emergency?  Will the government save you?  H___ NO!  When the power goes out, you’ll need a generator or a bicycle.  Will the overlords let us have fuel for generators?  

Read this and weep.  All states that conform to California’s standards impact about 40% of the light duty vehicle sales in the U.S.  Scary.  I didn’t vote for Gavin Newsome!   Didn’t vote for Kate Brown either - the most unpopular governor in the country!   In a few years you will only be able to buy a new gas vehicle in Idaho or Nevada…. Used vehicles will cost more… is this what you want? Oregon can’t even get much energy from the sun!  Silly.  Idealistic.  Heads in the sand. Make this the issue for voting for a new Governor for Oregon - get us out of this pact!  

California Approves Ban On Gas-Powered Cars By 2035

Nicholas Reimann

Forbes. 

August 25; 2022.                                                          The California Air Resources Board approved a highly anticipated measure Thursday that will ban the sale of new gasoline-only cars in the nation’s most populous state by 2035, marking what's widely considered the most stringent regulation ever enacted on gas cars as part of a nationwide shift toward electric vehicles.

The ban will apply to most new vehicles, including sedans, SUVs and light trucks, but will not impact the sale of any used vehicles.

The mandate requires at least 35% of new vehicles sold in the state by 2026 to be "zero-emission"—a threshold that gradually increases by 6-8% per year until hitting 100% in 2035.

States that have Adopted California's Vehicle Standards under Section 177 of the Federal Clean Air Act

The States listed below have adopted California’s Low-Emission Vehicle  (LEV) criteria pollutant and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission regulations and Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulations

California Pols Aren’t Just Coming for Your Burgers

Reasonably priced menus statewide are now at risk.

Wall Street JournalBy James Freeman  Aug. 30, 2022 

There’s an old saying that no one is safe when the legislature is in session. In California that is certainly true for anyone living on a budget. The same pols who emote incessantly about their alleged desire to make things affordable simply cannot tolerate the existence of reasonably priced meals. Elected Democrats in the Golden State are on a campaign against burger bargains statewide.

Recently this column noted the pending California bill to create a new state bureaucracy just to police compensation in the fast-food industry. Like all bad legislative ideas, this one has been moving at warp speed in Sacramento.