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Originally Posted by David70
Newsome won't have anything to explain, he will be long retired. There will be 15 years to figure out what to do, not like the date hits and we realize it can't be done and there aren't any cars to sell. If they went off the cliff with nothing to sell in 2035 the people in charge at the time would be the ones that would have a lot of explaining to do.
As for the lack of electricity, renewables have increased a pretty good amount and natural gas has gone down a large part of the same amount. What happened to this source and these plants? If natural gas had stayed level the overall capacity would be far greater than what is needed. Electricity generation is almost flat over the last 20 years and it will likely need to increase in the future, not an insurmountable problem. Solar and wind production continue to increase and I don't see a reason for this to end.
CA Electricity https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-repor...ity-and-energy
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We don't have enough power capacity to handle even current peak power, much less millions more EVs. We have these things called rolling blackouts every summer now. Oh and the State is actually considering restarting some natural gas plants ('the horror!'), it's gotten so bad. That's like eating poison to the tree huggers.
And our largest power company, PG&E, is bankrupt and doesn't have the money to even adequately maintain its current infrastructure, much less make the investments that would be required to support a fully EV California.
And there's also that massive budget deficit and looming pension crisis that are going to consume any State funds that come along in the next decade or two.
Newsom's order is nothing more than media grandstanding. It means nothing. He could have said, 'In 2035 all people will need to grow their own food' and it would have been just as realistic as this pipe dream. California loves to talk a big game, but if you really look at the reality in just about every area, it falls way short of expectations. Our air quality sucks in every major metropolitan area, income inequality is awful, homelessness is off the charts, our prisons are full and crime is up. It's a good thing Newsom doesn't have anything more important to do with his time...