Posted on 08/08/2017 10:43:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
California is a global environmental leader, but it’s falling behind in one key respect: phasing out gasoline cars. Germany, India, Norway and the Netherlands are moving to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by or before 2030, and France and the United Kingdom by 2040.
Here’s why California should join that list. It would:
Fight climate change: Every gallon of gas burned emits 20 pounds of carbon dioxide, the main driver of climate change. Transportation is our biggest source of carbon emissions. Shifting to electric vehicles today would cut tailpipe carbon emissions to zero, and total carbon emissions by 75 percent. Why? Because our electricity is clean and getting cleaner. Today, 27 percent of California’s electricity comes from clean, renewable sources like sun and wind. By law, 50 percent of electricity must come from renewables by 2030, and a pending bill would require 100 percent renewable electricity by 2045.
Improve our health: Vehicle emissions are the country’s largest source of air pollution, causing 53,000 premature deaths a year, and increasing the risks of asthma, lung disease and cancers — especially in children and the 4 in 10 Californians living near busy roads. Annually, health impacts from vehicle emissions cost California $15 billion.
Create jobs, lift the economy, increase energy independence: Moving from gas cars to electric vehicles would create an estimated 100,000 additional jobs in California by 2030. Tesla’s factory alone will employ 9,300 with the expansion of the Model 3. Electrification would move dollars from crude oil (mostly imported from OPEC countries and Alaska) to the domestic economy.
California is ready to phase out gas-powered cars because:
The technology is here: Tesla models and the Chevy Bolt already have a range of 220 to 335 miles per charge. Ford is developing a 300-mile range SUV....
(Excerpt) Read more at sfchronicle.com ...
all solar cells snowed over...windmills frozen....and a bounty on democrats.
Every gallon of gas burned emits 20 pounds of carbon dioxide,
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That’s ridiculous.
Ban the airports. Ban the GD trucking companys, Ban the Rail Roads.
These mother effers are really bat sh+t crazy.
I thought they were trying to get rid of cars altogether by not building any more roads & turning exiting roads into bike lanes & walking paths.
I can’t wait until we are all riding unicorns under rainbows.
Basic thermodynamic calculations show that solar and wind power can never generate enough power to meet our needs unless we cover hundreds of square miles in solar panels and windmills, and then have the battery technology to sustain millions and billions of people when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing.
“Every gallon of gas burned emits 20 pounds of carbon dioxide,
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That’s ridiculous.”
It’s also bad math. A gallon of gas weighs what, just over 8 pounds? How can you increase the mass through burning?
What is ridiculous? The premise, gasoline, carbon dioxide, photosynthesis, what?
The peasantry should be returned to walking. Only the Progressive gentry should be permitted to ride...
Imagine the CO2 reductions if NK nuked San Fran and LA.
It’s probably accurate, but they don’t say how much the plants use. No CO2 means no plants.
The oxygen, from the air, binds with the carbon.
“Every gallon of gas burned emits 20 pounds of carbon dioxide,
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That’s ridiculous.”
It’s also bad math. A gallon of gas weighs what, just over 8 pounds? How can you increase the mass through burning?
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My point,exactly..
A gallon of gas probably weigh less than 7lbs, but emits 20lbs carbon dioxide? And they pop off this bullshit with a straight face.
Is that you Elon?
Don’t worry, North Korea plans to help out.
Plants use CO2 for food...
“Where to even start?”
NOT with my Tbird.
These assholes better not even think about it.
What do they plan to use to create the electricity to power the electric cars? Solar and wind will not be enough.
You have to realize that drugs are a problem.
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