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If this law actually takes effect in 2035 it will encourage people to keep older, more polluting, and less safe cars on the road. Banning a gas-powered car sale
by Bostonian 5y ago
If this law actually takes effect in 2035 it will encourage people to keep older, more polluting, and less safe cars on the road. Banning a gas-powered car sale is equivalent to imposing an extremely high tax, say $1 million, on such a sale. Even if you think global warming is a serious problem, the damage from a gas-powered car is not infinite. If it is say $10K compared to an EV, then that is what the tax ought to be.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoThe early 2030s will see a heck of a lot of gas sedans sold as the people who put on tons of miles buy them in anticipation of needing something to get them through until EVs meet their needs.
- CraigJPerry 5y agoIs the calculation not a lot more complicated than that? E.g. i can imagine they are predicting higher rates of walking and cycling in cases that would otherwise have been a 2-3minute car journey. You’d expect that to have a visible effect on public health at a state level at least. Health, renewable energy storage, pollution, safety, there’s surely more factors than just pollution in that calculation?
- stephen_g 5y agoWhy? There should be significant cost down as battery tech improves, increasing accessibility. By 2035, why would electric cars be worse in any way than an ICE car anyway? All the exciting and interesting new cars will be electric, and there should be plenty of 2030-2034 ICE cars on the used car market for a few years after as people upgrade.