State regulators on Thursday voted to crack down on heavy duty trucks weighing more than 14,000 pounds (6,350 kilograms) — those big semi-trailers that make up just 3% of all vehicles in California but spend so much time on the road they account for more than half of all pollution from cars and trucks each year.
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Shooting themselves in the OTHER foot.....
ReplyDeleteI know a big truck driver. He says many drivers refuse to cross the California State Line. I dont blame them but California is the reason we have nation wide shortages
ReplyDeleteBetween AB5 and the ban on pre-2011 trucks, I figure that at least 50% of the trucking fleet is no longer available.
DeleteIt seems that these days we can count on California to do the wrong thing. Then they wonder why less and less works and people/businesses are leaving.
No reason for a container ship to go to a California Port anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteNot that they could if they wanted to.
DeleteAll this battery charging will done by windmills?
ReplyDeleteEither that, or they're going to have to run their portable generators off of house current.
DeleteWhy ANY truck driver would choose to cross into Commiefornia is beyond me....
ReplyDelete"These regulations result in less trips to the emergency room, less long term health impacts, and, frankly, less medical costs for the community," she said.
ReplyDeleteHow does she know? Magic 8 ball? And it's "fewer" Nailcakes. Go back to skool.
This is all about collecting/stealing more money. MO Money! MO Money!
ReplyDeleteCalifornia should fine China for their pollution.
PS, The fines will just be a cost of business for shippers just like fuel. Meaning the middle class will be paying the fines.
ReplyDeleteDrop all goods coming or going at a warehouse in Nevada. Let fruits and nuts take what they need and deliver it in their Teslas. If they have the power grid up so they can charge them.
ReplyDeleteThis is what happens when wokism goes so far as to make so trucking companies will finally say, enough, this isn't worth the money we receive as profits from California. Trucking companies aren't gonna invest hundreds of thousands of dollars into equipment when it effects the bottom line. So, product availability will decline, and the cost for those products will skyrocket. All in the name of bullshit virtue signaling. Geographically, the state of California is breathtaking, but the "leaders" are cosmically dumb as fuck.
ReplyDeleteGalactically stupid mother fucking commies. Thank god I left that shithole state.
ReplyDeleteHarvest season in the Central Valley is going to be lit. Few small farmers can afford to switch over to battery-powered equipment, so watch the big multi-national conglomerates swoop in and buy them up (again).
ReplyDelete99% of the harvesting in the valley is done by contactors who follow the crops, been that way for decades. What farmer wants to pay for a harvester they're only going to use one week out of the year?
DeleteWC, that's sort of like farmers here in the South that aren't impressed with Ferraris: "Big deal. I've got a half-million dollar cotton picker. I drive it two weeks every year."
DeleteIn the interest of National Security, federal control of all shipping ports and intermodal faciliies. The feds already have control of airports, RR, and points of entry.
ReplyDeleteMy brother says....
ReplyDeleteThere’s a shortage of “def”....
for all you new diesel owners....
It won’t bother me....I’m a 12 valver.
Ed357
ED: Moses drove down the mount in a 12 valve w/10 commandments.
Delete12 valve Cummins, from back in the days when life was simple.
DeleteAnd then there's the fact they were among the finest engines ever made.
Fewer visits to the emergency room except for starvation. Perhaps it will save on medical costs when everyone dies. Those that can are leaving California and those that provide services will stop going there. Enjoy your environmental utopia when the plants reclaim the cities. Liberals live in the moment and never consider long term consequences. Absurdity at its finest.
ReplyDeleteAnd about 45% of their electricity and 50+% of LAs water comes from the Colorado River.
ReplyDeleteCan you say "single point of failure"?
John in Indy
Say you're a landscaper. How many batteries will you need to run weed Wackers, leaf blowers for 8 to 10 hours a day? I have a Ryobi and the bigger battery is good for maybe 45 minutes. I guess there are battery powered zero turn mowers, but pretty sure the battery has to be removed and replaced by a tech. Certainly, it's not going to be quick change with a fully charged one when it runs out of juice. How many hours does a charge last?
ReplyDeleteTypical excellence in math from the geniuses in CA. Their new bonehead laws will supposedly save 7000 lives and $75 billion between now and 2035. So every one of those lives that will supposedly be saved will represent a healthcare savings of over $10 million? I think not -- that blows the top out of pretty much everyone's actuarial tables!
ReplyDeleteSo according to the state, this measure will save 7000 lives by 2050. In a state of 40,000,000. Over the next 30 years, approximately 233 lives will be saved per year - or .0006% of the population. Wow, that makes a ton of sense. If the state is that interested in saving lives, perhaps they should outlaw swimming and boating. That would save over 400 people from drowning every year. No this state is interested in telling people what to do and taking money from people trying to earn a living and giving it to people who won't try.
ReplyDeleteI remember when CA wanted to ban deisel fuel, and was told the the deliveries would be left in Needles, come and get them by hand because trains and trucks burn dead dino fuel.
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