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.
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.
Is that you Elon?
Don’t worry, North Korea plans to help out.
“Where to even start?”
NOT with my Tbird.
These assholes better not even think about it.
Well now, a gallon of gasoline weighs approximately 6.3 pounds. Quite a trick to generate over 3 times its weight in CO2. And no one knows the main driver of real climate change. But it is most likely the sun.
Janelle London is part of that massive and growing class of Americans which I term "voluntary morons". Seems she's excelling at it!
The San Francisco Chronicle should start any phasing out with this writer. Boy what a dumb ass.
Personally, I think an excellent start would be to phase out the arrogant, ego-driven gas powered politicians, first. THEN sanity MIGHT have a chance.
[[Every gallon of gas burned emits 20 pounds of carbon dioxide,]]
Huh? A Gallon of gas doesn’t even weigh anywhere near 20 lbs- there’s no way CO2 weighs 20 lbs per gallon of gasoline- the co2 doesn’t weigh more than the fuel itself
A couple of things come to mind. It takes 8 years before the Tesla cars become carbon neutral. Right about then the batteries need to be replaced so figure another 5 or 6 years, maybe 8 before they too are carbon neutral. What exactly was gained? Assuming air pollution is a global event; it doesn't matter if cars in L.A. aren't producing the pollution when the pollution made to make that car is polluting the environment (air, water, and land) somewhere else.
The key ingredients for the batteries have to be mined where boys as young as 4 years old down in the Congo mine these cobalt ingredients. So basically anyone who drives a battery powered car is supporting child slave labor. Kinda takes that whole feel-good aspect right out of it all.
So they figured out a new line of attack. It isn't enough that car manufacturers were mandated by Law to sell to 25% of Californians electric cars by the magical date of 2020 or else!!
Now the spineless Scientist Kings, lovers of electricity (generated via hydroelectric dams such as Oroville...ah another mess their cousins at the DWR made mismaintaining the gigantic dams that were built mid-century to give Californians a paradise on earth) have decided to double down on electric cars mandates knowing full well that soon the dams will be decommissioned due to potential dangers, just as they shuttered the clean nuclear generated electricity throughout the State.
Their Earnest and Sincere Mission: to turn modern California into the lost world of their ideal: Maoist China where shuffling peasants walk or ride bikes everywhere. Thus cementing their fartsome fannies on the seats of power as Grand Poohbahs Against Gaseous Emissions, the Ca Air Resources Board! Lest anyone think, “ah I left that dictatorship for the freedom of State x, y, or z", think twice! Where Calif. leads, the automakers must follow. And Moonbeam's Board has no intention of loosening their fascist grip on your car's motive power. Freedom and Fascism do not mix for long! California has little hope of overthrowing the Philosopher Kings of Fake Science.
What can be done to inject reason, facts, reality into the minds of Californians? And to overthrow the ARB, DRW, Teacher's Unions, Truckers Union, etc.? Will there even be a chance of escape if the electric cars can't be driven across the mountains and deserts that divide the state from its freer neighbors? How does one carry a can of electricity for emergencies? Live long enough and all will be revealed!
“””Fight climate change: Every gallon of gas burned emits 20 pounds of carbon dioxide,...”””
How does a gallon of gas that weighs less than seven pounds produce almost there times its weight in waste?
And Tractors and Semi Trucks and Airplanes and mass transport Busses. Wheee! We are back in the 18th century. Progress.
Do it - effective immediately!
What about measuring time traveled? Can Tesla and Bolt refill in under five minutes? The tech will add an hour for every 250 miles traveled. a four hour drive becomes a five hour drive.
-PJ