What is your opinion on California’s plan to ban gas powered cars by 2035 ?

The only way it can possibly work is if thousands and thousands of residents flee the state - - - so looks like it has a good chance at the rate they are being driven out by high taxes, high prices and lunatics.

Local solar construction could easily cover the generation needs, and does not require loading on overhead lines.  As an aside - Local solar is also an ideal solution to the line loading due to AC loads - you need AC when the sun shines, but the sun shining produces local electricity to cover that.

There is not much needed in terms of breaking science to make a big dent in Climate Change - what is needed is the political will to kick this stuff off, and set up the infrastructure - for example, arranging charging stations for multi-family buildings, etc.

The other aspect of this is that Executive Order N 79-20 does not ban gas powered cars.  It bans the sale of new non-zero emission cars.   So not all 15 million cars in the state will be off the road.

And that is probably a good thing - the emissions produced by driving a gas car for a few years are probably less than the emissions produced by building a new electric car.     The most environmentally friendly car is the one you already own - - until you need to replace it.

In my opinion 2035 is way later than this should be put in place.

i'm fine with that plan because i don't live in california, and even if i did, i'd be fine because my car is powered by petrol, not natural gas. i've never even heard of a gas powered car until now

Electric cars have come a long way in such a short time. From GM EV1 in 1996 which got 70 mile to the charge to Teslas now that get over 500 miles. Even the sub $30k electric cars now get around 250 miles to the charge.

Imagine how much further we'd be along if it weren't for Republicons on Big Oil payrolls blocking every legislation on alternate energy vehicles. Top 50 legislators receiving the largest Big Oil contributions are Republicons!!!!!

It's a good idea but not soon enough.

First off it an INSANE thing to thnk of ! (We will still need Gas vehicles)

But If they wanted to effectively do this they could have done it with very little impact.

Just start buying only EV for all none emergency vihichles , add Solar to all

State buildings, and add Free for all EV Charging stations to City locations.

Don't rais taxes and don't BAND anything ! Just get the Ball rolling ! Once the EV Car Prices go down all the people who Care about the Evironment (Claim to) will buy EV's and CA will have Clean Air !!!

But The CA State GOv. just wants more Oppressive powers and a new way to TAX  the Hard working Americans !

The order WILL be repealed when they discover they CAN'T get HALF of what they need transported into their cities without 'fossil fuels'.

It isn't a matter of law. It is a practical FACT.

Note: Even if they could find electric trucks, the ONLY options to generate that much electricity are 'fossil fuels' and nuclear.

I am in California with an electric car and solar power, so I am fine. But California can do whatever it wants to run it’s economy further into the ground. I hope to be out of this s-hole by then.  It is already unaffordable to live here on a six figure income, this will just make it more unrealistic. I expect California to be like Detroit, with abandoned homes within the next 20 years. 

The problem that I see is electric cars are very expensive and not everybody can afford to go out and buy that new technology. Imagine being a college student who can't afford a new car to begin with nevermind a hybrid. Then consider a senior citizen who is on a limited amount of money through Social Security... How are they going to afford a new car?

Next will be the Death Penalty for Parking Violations.