Wyoming Moves To Ban Sales Of New Electric Vehicles By 2035
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Wyoming doesn't allow you to buy raw milk, so they lose there. Unacceptable to ban the sale of raw milk.
I totally agree with you now... but a few years ago I would have called you a nutbag. The programming is so strong! Still, it's odd that Wyoming, of all places, bans this.
I don't think I ever would have thought it was a good idea to ban raw milk. Given, I hadn't had it until the other day. But I don't think that's fair to anyone in any state to outright ban it. If you want to "take that risk" as they say, go for it. There really isn't a risk if you follow some easy steps. Again, anyone selling the milk would know better too...because then they wouldn't have customers. Our local dairy farm even operates on an HONOR system. That's unheard of. We also got to pet their new babies when we went. It was wonderful. With legislation like that, they just want to rid us of local farms. The government sucks dick all around. Right or left...
Build a couple of nuclear plants FFS
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Wyoming Moves To Ban Sales Of New Electric Vehicles By 2035 Story by Tom Moloughney • Yesterday 7:47 p.m.
The bizarre resolution is most likely nothing more than a cry for help. Change is hard. Humans are creatures of habit and it's in our nature to avoid change. Transitioning our personal transportation fleet from vehicles that burn fossil fuels to plug in electric vehicles is going to be a massive undertaking.
And as with all new disruptive technologies, there will be winners and losers as the old tech is shuttered while the new technology proliferates. The oil and gas industry already knows that electric vehicles are poised to replace the internal combustion engine vehicles that it caters to, and the demand for its products will radically decrease in the coming years.
But that doesn't mean they aren't going down without a fight.
Ford F-150 Lightning at Electrify America fast charging station Ford F-150 Lightning at Electrify America fast charging station © InsideEVs Wyoming, for instance, just introduced legislation with the hopes of phasing out the sale of electric vehicles in the state by 2035. The legislation sponsor, Sen. Jim Anderson, R-Casper, told Cowboy State Daily the reason he introduced the resolution was "to push back against bans on new sales of cars with internal combustion engines in states like California and New York."
"WHEREAS, the United States has consistently invested in the oil and gas industry to sustain gas-powered vehicles, and that investment has resulted in the continued employment of thousands of people in the oil and gas industry in Wyoming and throughout the country..." - Phasing Out New Electric Vehicle Sales By 2035 The resolution titled “Phasing Out New Electric Vehicle Sales By 2035” was introduced this past Friday, and already has strong support from members of the Wyoming House of Representatives and Senate.
However, as with everything, the devil is always in the details. Once you read through the resolution and get to sections one and two at the bottom, you can see this is more of a symbolic gesture than an outright ban. See below:
Section 1. That the legislature encourages and expresses as a goal that the sale of new electric vehicles in the state of Wyoming be phased out by 2035. Section 2. That the legislature encourages Wyoming's industries and citizens to limit the sale and purchase of new electric vehicles in Wyoming with a goal of phasing out the sale of new electric vehicles in Wyoming by 2035. Related video: WION Climate Tracker: Lithium batteries reveal dark side of our electric fortune (WION)
WION Climate Tracker: Lithium batteries reveal dark side of our electric fortune The resolution is basically encouraging Wyoming residents and businesses to not buy or sell electric vehicles with the goal of eliminating them completely by 2035. But why? Why does Wyoming care if people switch to electric vehicles?
Dramatic sky over two oil pumpjacks in rural Alberta Canada Dramatic sky over two oil pumpjacks in rural Alberta Canada © InsideEVs Wyoming cares because it is an oil & gas state. Even though Wyoming is the least populated state in the nation with only a little more than half a million residents (0.17% of the US population), it is the eight-largest oil producer in the US.
The resolution literally spells out how the oil and gas industry employs thousands of Wyoming residents and that the transition to electric vehicles threatens their continued employment. Reading through the document, one can feel the anxiety that the sponsors have about the electric future.
More Electric Vehicle News US: BEV Segment Is Dominated By US-Made Models US: Ford Tripled BEV Sales In December, Doubled In 2022 It also predicts an impending disaster because: "...the critical minerals used in electric batteries are not easily recyclable or disposable, meaning that municipal landfills in Wyoming and elsewhere will be required to develop practices to dispose of these minerals in a safe and responsible manner."
Transport of a battery system for recycling Transport of a battery system for recycling © Provided by Inside EVs Volkswagen battery being transported for recycling
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This resolution may be more tongue-in-check than a serious piece of legislation, but it brings light to a serious issue for Wyoming. Electric vehicles are coming. It really doesn't matter whether or not states ban internal combustion vehicles because, in 10 to 15 years' time, very few people will want to buy one - and that includes most Wyoming residents.
Instead of trying to fight the inevitable, Wyoming needs to begin to plan for an economic future that relies more heavily on other industries. They know they have to, and perhaps this stunt was really designed to get the attention of those in the federal government that can help with that.
Source: Cowboy State Daily
Might want to edit out the accidently captured 'Elevator Shoes For Men' part. On the other hand, we all want taller EVs.
Meanwhile in the candlelight of a small room in a downtown apartment during a six-hour rolling blackout, a self-proclaimed journalist writes using pen and paper:
"Change is hard. Humans are creatures of habit and it's in our nature to avoid change. We are far too reliant on old-fashioned ideas like reliable electricity, coal and nuclear power plants, gas stoves and even cross-country road trips. Even the virtues of private ownership and, dare I write individualism, are called into question in nearly every debate as the world implodes over its unsustainability..."
again, another bill who's consequences won't have to be dealt with by anyone who's currently in the office. these bills are nothing burgers.
Limiting freedom and distorting the free market is not good.
Commie scum
Only commie losers want to regulate the free market.
Who is forcing electric cars in Wyoming? Please elaborate.
Do you object to this?
Subsidies ... regulations ?
It's not a free market ... if forcing is involved ...
Now have you thought of eating some shit ?
EAT SHIT SOCIALIST PIECE OF SHIT ! GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IS SOCIALISM ... THIS IS SOCIALISM and you CAN GET CANCER AND DIE IN PAIN while eating shit !
Listening to these morons act like big oil companies are on their side is depressing.
Real “free thinkers” we got here /s
They are victims of propaganda that tries to tie gasoline to masculinity, and most of them eat it up because they’re fucking stupid sheep.
so it's fine to force people into IC car ?
Good. I approve of this.
Wyoming is on of the best place to incorporate a business.
Zero personal and corporate taxes.
I think they only have to pay 13% federal, but I could be wrong.
So this will deter the blues from invading their territory and exploiting their tax codes.
Fucking commies. So much for the free market.
Free market = Corporate rule.