Will California Screw the Other 49 States?

 President Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants may have condemned 49 States to the Hell of California.

California’s proposed rules to dramatically limit emissions from heavy-duty vehicles could effectively result in a nationwide ban on the sale of new diesel-powered heavy-duty vehicles, thanks to a “backdoor” in the Clean Air Act, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation Monday.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will approve California’s proposed rules, which would obligate all new heavy-duty vehicles — including shipping trucks and delivery vans — sold in the state after 2045 be fully electric or hydrogen-powered, The Washington Post reported Monday, citing three individuals familiar with the agency’s plans. New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Massachusetts, Washington and Vermont have all committed to following California’s lead on this issue, a move which experts told the DCNF was tantamount to a nationwide ban...

If you don't understand that all this "green" stuff is put in place to demolish the US as an economic--and military--power.  It has zero basis in any sort of science other than the 'science' of enriching the flim-flam artists pushing the poison and the venture-capitalist sharks who finance stuff that does not work such as windmills and sun-catchers. 

With regard the Californicate plan:

...The Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association, which represents a coalition of more than 30 truck and bus manufacturers, has argued that the new rules would force customers to delay the purchase of new vehicles due to increased costs for electronic [sic] heavy-duty vehicles, according to the Post. In turn, this would incentivize truckers to leave less efficient cars [sic] on the road for longer, hindering the environmental benefits, the group argues....

First, it's horrendously expensive to purchase electric or fuel-cell trucks. That grocery-inflation you've seen?  Not going to stop.  Actually, every. damn. thing. you purchase will be more expensive because every. damn. thing. you purchase moves on a diesel truck, including the guns and ammo.

Second, the expense of purchasing these trucks will be delayed for as long as possible by the truckers.  As a marker on price, note that full-electric school buses run about $300K each, and they do not need much more than 60 miles' worth of battery charge for their routes.  But while truckers delay the purchase, all that "green" happiness ..............is not happening. 

Interstate trucks DO need more than a 60-mile charge, which brings up another serious problem:  when a battery truck runs out of battery, the full-charge time will be at least 3 hours (perhaps 6 or more.)  Who's going to pay the driver for that 6 hours--and the next one?  And there's this:  think the time-sensitive goods on that truck will still be "on-time"?

Finally, and even more critical: where the Hell is the charging infrastructure?  It's almost impossible to plan out a long-distance electric-car trip, and car chargers aren't going to do much for HD trucks, are they?

Being Californicated will not be much fun.