{"id":50224,"date":"2023-04-30T06:38:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T10:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=50224"},"modified":"2023-04-30T06:38:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T10:38:15","slug":"further-attacks-on-our-economy-and-on-our-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=50224","title":{"rendered":"Further Attacks On Our Economy And On Our Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/04\/28\/california-ban-diesel-trucks\/?utm_medium=email&amp;pnespid=q74_VX1OMKQY3fbC_zDtQ8Pc5hzzSsZyPPe53bR6rUFmyidrwgqPFzPcNO_aacKXUf1AaDmJpQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Caller<\/a> reported that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has finalized the Advanced Clean Fleet rule.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>California regulators voted Friday morning to implement a ban on new combustion truck sales after 2036, and mandate all trucks be zero emission vehicles by 2042, significantly tightening the state\u2019s already strict trucking emissions rules.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The California Air Resources Board (CARB) finalized the Advanced Clean Fleet <a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.arb.ca.gov\/resources\/fact-sheets\/advanced-clean-fleets-regulation-summary\">rule<\/a>, which would mandate that 50% of all state and local government vehicle fleet purchases be 50% zero-emissions by 2024, and 100% by 2027, and create a registry for drayage trucks. The rule \u2014 which comes one day after the board voted to <a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.arb.ca.gov\/news\/carb-passes-new-use-locomotive-regulation-estimated-yield-over-32-billion-health-benefits-0\">implement<\/a> the state\u2019s first-ever rules to limit train emissions \u2014 would go even further than recent California rules <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/03\/31\/biden-admin-okays-cali-diesel-rules\/\">approved<\/a> by President Joe Biden\u2019s Environmental Protection Agency, which would cut diesel truck sales in half by 2035.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The measure has received pushback from the trucking industry, which expressed concerns about electric vehicle <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/02\/21\/ev-charging-stations-21-percent-failure\/\">charging infrastructure<\/a> and widespread deployment, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/fGuQ4#selection-637.1-637.80\">according<\/a> to The Washington Post. Mike Tunnell, director of environmental affairs at the American Trucking association, told the outlet that industry actors \u201cwould rather see the technology be proven and work,\u201d before any action was taken.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most of us would like to see the technology proven before we move forward.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes with a reminder of past history:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Eight other states, which along with California represent 25% of the national trucking market, are poised to implement similar rules, according to the Post. Following the EPA\u2019s approval of California\u2019s previous rules, several experts <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/03\/20\/california-diesel-truck-ban-environmental-protection-agency\/\">told<\/a> the Daily Caller News Foundation that California\u2019s economic size would likely prompt truck electrification nationwide, because it would be uneconomical for truck manufacturers to manufacture two types of trucks for two different markets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>California previously <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/03\/20\/california-diesel-truck-ban-environmental-protection-agency\/\">implemented rules<\/a> that would ban the sale of gas passenger cars in the state by 2035. One week after the rules were implemented in late August, the state <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/31\/california-warns-residents-not-charge-electric-vehicles-possible-power-outages\/\">warned<\/a> electric vehicle owners not to charge their cars amid a significant heat wave to prevent the possibility of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/09\/09\/californians-urged-crank-thermostats-tenth-straight-day\/\">blackouts<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No wonder people are moving to Texas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, The Daily Caller reported that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has finalized the Advanced Clean Fleet rule. The article reports: California regulators voted Friday morning to implement a ban on new combustion truck sales after 2036, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=50224\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16516,30,3531,11597,7015],"class_list":["post-50224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-advanced-clean-fleet-rule","tag-california","tag-california-air-resources-board-carb","tag-environmental-protection-agency-epa","tag-the-daily-caller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50225,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50224\/revisions\/50225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}