Calif Lawmaker proposes ban of gas cars by 2040

[Doubtful this song would have the same ending today]

Time to cue up... 'Red Barchetta' by Rush

My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about.
He says it used to be a farm,
Before the Motor Law.
And on Sundays I elude the Eyes,
And hop the Turbine Freight
To far outside the Wire,
Where my white-haired uncle waits.

Jump to the ground
As the Turbo slows to cross the Borderline.
Run like the wind,
As excitement shivers up and down my spine.
Down in his barn,
My uncle preserved for me an old machine,
For fifty-odd years.
To keep it as new has been his dearest dream.

I strip away the old debris
That hides a shining car.
A brilliant red Barchetta
From a better, vanished time.
I fire up the willing engine,
Responding with a roar.
Tires spitting gravel,
I commit my weekly crime...

Wind-
In my hair-
Shifting and drifting-
Mechanical music-
Adrenalin surge...

Well-weathered leather,
Hot metal and oil,
The scented country air.
Sunlight on chrome,
The blur of the landscape,
Every nerve aware.

Suddenly ahead of me,
Across the mountainside,
A gleaming alloy air-car
Shoots towards me, two lanes wide.
I spin around with shrieking tires,
To run the deadly race,
Go screaming through the valley
As another joins the chase.

Drive like the wind,
Straining the limits of machine and man.
Laughing out loud
With fear and hope, I've got a desperate plan.
At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded at the riverside.
Race back to the farm, to dream with my uncle at the fireside

Red Barchetta - Wikipedia

 

i hope i'm around to see it.

 

iirc, the clinton/gore whitehouse offered a ton of money for a high mileage car, and honda and toyota delivered, while the american mfg's took the money and ran.
the public was caught up in the dot com bubble, and probably buying guzzlers by the pant load.
i bought a windstar in '95.
we were still recovering from black monday.

 

Like it or hate it, California has always lead the way.

Lets see what big oil has to say about it.

I was just enlightened the other day that I was charged (Taxed) extra because hybrids in Indiana don't buy enough gas to cover road repairs. $50 a year. Looking at it from my end, why don't they charge them a tax because they pollute my air?

 

must be a red state?

 

Yes it is and now our old governor is the Vice President.

Since he left they have actually fixed most of our roads in my area, probably a coincidence.

 

your gain is our loss.

 

yep. 'mr. president, tear down those panels'

 

Commercial lawn maintenance companies in California are electric, it’s great that cars will soon be, but until the Long Beach port stops diesel ships from polluting the water 24/7, well, let’s hope they do something.
Commercial trucks need help, Tesla’s semi is a good try, if it’s not vaporware.

Tesla, up 20$ today with a successful launch of a secret space cargo last night.

 

wow, mowers, blowers and trucks?

 

Good to know!

 

ya don't say! . . . . . .
well, some say the search tool can be your friend
New Cali Cars to be ZEV by 2040 | PriusChat

some - not so much

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