Easy to know more than ophtalmologist Rand Paul. Just read scientific research on covid instead of listening to political propaganda. You're on the wrong side of the battle, joined by the hate spewing crowd. There's no such thing as a libertarian when shit hits the fan.
The California Version of The Green New Deal and an October 16, 2020, EPA Settlement With Transportation is What’s Creating The Container Shipping Backlog – Working CA Ports 24/7 Will Not Help, Here’s Why https://theconservativetreehouse.co...log-working-ca-ports-24-7-will-not-help-here/
My reply to that rant is unequivocal, he can go f*** himself. It's the typical rant of a conservative, if it ain't broke, don't fix it and with that logic we'd still be using polluting coal, we'd still have high emission vehicles, etc. without going into social conservative wishes to make my point. Trucking companies and port operators have had to adjust and abide by CA emission standards since the 80s and are given plenty of time to adjust, by modifying their fleet or replacing older equipment to meet evolving standards. It's called cost of doing business; you plan the obsolescence and adjust your pricing accordingly. CA is on the verge of requiring all trucks picking up at ports to be emission free, electric or alternative, which will have enormous consequences. You can imagine the level of push back from the trucking union mafia, port operators and equipment manufacturers, hiding behind the plight of thousands of indentured drivers working 12 hour days for 30k a year, mostly from poor countries and illegal, to challenge CARB rules. The upgrades are expensive, even with subsidies, and replacing a truck may mean going out of business. But the fight shouldn't be against CARB, it should be to increase subsidies to meet the CARB requirements. At the end of the day, non polluting trucks and port equipment is better for operators, people working around them and people living in the vicinity of all that.
Lol, broken record. I already answered your point in previous posts and, unlike you, I won't repeat myself. But you might be happy to know that Tesla is building a virtual power plant linking individually owned Powerwalls in the state to feed the grid in time of need for cash. Yes, Tesla the car company.
A. I thought everyone is now saying that Tesla is a software company? B. Where does the power the Powerwalls use to charge the cars come from, Boris? (You'll never admit it has to come from fossil fuels, because that blows the whole premise. Let's see how India makes out over the next month, as they run out of coal, a fossil fuel. The sun and win ain't going to help them.)
Actually, if you read my past replies on this specific point, I have always said that unfortunately fossil fuels will remain the primary energy source to power our electric future, until non polluting alternatives connect to the grid to replace them. While it will be a gradual weaning, make no mistake, those countries that can will get all of their energy from non polluting sources.
It is physically impossible. Point blank. The only way out of this mess is fusion, which is highly unlikely to ever be harnessed. Energy-matter conversion rates/energy drain by this planet means we will require FF for the rest of our limited existence. Deal with it, babe.
Transportation secretary is on paternity leave. No one is in the wheel house. Biden's cabinet is a farce. Give Elon a trillion for solar farms, better than pissing money away on Marxism.