Posted on 04/28/2023 6:40:57 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has enacted new regulations that will require “zero emissions” trains to be introduced after 2030, focusing on a sector often seen as a “green” alternative to cars and trucks.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports:
Under the new regulations, zero-emissions models will be required for all switch, industrial and passenger locomotives built after 2030 and for all freight line locomotives built after 2035. Any non-zero emissions locomotive that is 23 years old or more will not be allowed to operate in the state past 2030.
The regulations also require train operators to open a spending account by July 2024 that they must deposit into every year to purchase or lease cleaner diesel trains and buy zero-emissions infrastructure. Operators that generate more pollutants are required to deposit more into the spending account, and the amount required to be deposited would also increase every year.
It is unclear how the new regulations on trains would affect interstate commerce, which is regulated by Congress under the U.S. Constitution, since many trains in California also travel through other states.
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By then, who would want to visit California to begin with?
The massive plants needed to charge all of the “zero emission” vehicles will pump out tremendous amounts of co2- sun and wind aint gonna keep up with demand!
How are they going to pay for it?
Oh, they will take MY money, even though I live in my own blue Shi*Hole state, and not theirs.
Count on it.
California will be a wasteland by 2035
Pretty telling when Oregan and Washington are the saner west coast states.
California will return to the 1800s.
You will need a horse and buggy to travel there.
I think Lex Luthor had a better idea.
I predict that their 100 billion dollar “Bullet” train will be zero emissions by then (because it still won’t be working!).
But talking like EV's are some kind of planet savior is a bunch of hogwash. Any kind of conversion, storage, or transmission of energy involves some ugly pollution processes.
And we’re getting all this electricity from where? And how is it produced cuz solar and windmills will not do the job.
Is that the target date for our high speed rail boondoggle?
Horses fart and 💩.. can’t have that.
Just another step toward the next lockdown ... for “our own good” doncha know?
Oh, you’d like to see our high-speed, zero-emissions trains?
We don’t have any.
The latest plan is to build a high speed rail to Mars.
The expected completion date is the year 3000!
The Globalist Dictators plan to have global government in place and destroying by 2035 ?
NOT GOOD ENOUGH, We need Mandatory ZERO Emissions for ALL Public Employee’s TODAY, and we need Severe Penalties for Non Compliance like, Instant Termination and loss of ALL Retirement and Pension Benefits for any infraction.
LA port workers and Central Valley farm workers need to make retirement plans.
The railroads will use Mexican ports and tracks since the railroads won’t want to switch out locomotives at California borders.
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