Long term aspirational goals like this can be quite effective, as seen in the UK (on diesel). But if CA keeps avoiding the immediate solution--congestion charges and day charges--then I have to question any big banner claims here, about taking strong climate action. https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1308822863940517889
Put another way: there are few domains so far that have been better using the supply-side and incentive approach than CA. Massive growth in clean electricity. All the right incentives for EV. That's why the next move has to be on the demand side: road charges.
And because I see this line of thinking alot: banning fracking in CA would have an *exceedingly minor* effect compared to peeling off a large layer of discretionary miles travelled by car. Just a huge asymmetry there, so a poor litmus test for serious CA climate action.
If you live in CA and you want to take immediate action on climate. 1. Don't buy or support ICE cars. 2. Make sure you take the clean electricity option offered by all utilities. 3. Advocate for road charges and congestion charges in your city.
If you want to think further about how the existing automobile fleet will turn over--ICE ebbing/ EV surging--but don't know where to start, please see some masterful work here by Costa: https://twitter.com/CostaSamaras/status/1306066319129878529
Coda to this thread: you can safely ignore all bad-faith appeals to the plight of the poor wrt EV/car policy in CA. History of asthma, lung development and health costs, freeway locations, have all overwhelmingly affected and dumped on poor in CA for decades.
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