WISHING WILL NOT MAKE IT SO

2035 is going to be a banner year for the state of California. The esteemed, nearly recalled Governor, Gavin Newsom, of that once great state has decreed that by 2035 all new cars sold in California will have to be electric. Absolutely no fossil fueled cars can be sold.

 

I have a few observations and questions. So, is this the same state which regularly suffers rolling blackouts because too many people turn on their air conditioners at the same time? What would happen if several million people turned on their ACs and attempted to recharge their electric cars at the same time? Recent reports also reveal that they would need at least a million charging stations to have any chance of dealing with that number of electric cars. 

 

California also has regular forest and brush fires that interrupt power transmission. That would be a big problem. 

 

Here's another question. What about the diesel powered semis that haul goods all over the country? Will they be allowed in California? If not, how will California ship their produce and goods to other parts of the country? How would they receive goods from other parts of the country?

 

I haven't even mentioned ships coming into that state's ports. Or the gillions of airplanes that take off and land there or the trains that regularly come and go.

 

I think you all are getting the big picture here. I learned very early in life a simple truth. Wishing will not make it so. 

 

Someday in the future I believe we will probably have new and different power sources. I don't know if our cars will be electric. It would make sense. But, and this is a big but, we would have to be ready for the change. It is not going to happen overnight. It will take years to establish the necessary charging stations and to reduce the time it takes to recharge. The price of these new vehicles is going to have to come down and come down a lot. 

 

Personally I would love to have an electric car. As long as I can travel from place to place without running out of battery before I can find a charger. Also, as long as I can replace my battery without having to take out a mortgage on my home. They cost almost as much as the cars. By the way, the last hurricane we had shut the power off for several days. Can you imagine the problem that would cause? 

 

We need leaders who understand how much fossil fuel is necessary to produce electricity. 

 

Simply put, we need leaders with common sense. Newsom's declaration will look sillier and sillier as we get nearer to 2035. He's running for President and his own family is sending money to his possible opponent and has moved to Florida. What does that tell you? He came very close to being recalled by his own state. 

 

If electric cars are our future, fine. But we have to be ready and we are not close. And…wishing will not make it so.

 

Ron Scarbro September 5, 2022 

 

UPDATE….Newsome was on TV last week asking people to not charge their cars for a while. With the hot summer, they are running out of power. Hmmmmm…. could this be an omen of things to come? What a moron.