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by fair_enough 241 days ago
On a related note, I'm skeptical of the feasibility of their 2035 EV-only mandate. They haven't made any meaningful progress toward building up a grid that can support as much electrical power consumption as they will need. I know gasoline-powered cars are not going to disappear overnight, but the average American replaces their car about every 12-14 years according to Professor Google. Either that number is going to become 25-30 in California, or people will be heating their homes with peat and dry, fire-prone CA lumber.

I'll admit I have selfish interest in seeing nuclear power take over our electrical grids, but I don't want to see the lives of 40M people upended just because it will give the companies in my portfolio more pricing power.
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nradov 241 days ago
California's 2035 EV-only mandate was already blocked at the federal level.

https://calmatters.org/environment/2025/06/california-sues-t...

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toomuchtodo 241 days ago
Only relevant until regime change or similar governance shifts.
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ZeroGravitas 241 days ago
EV mandates have one of the strongest divergences in opinion between the people whose job it is to run critical infrastructure and people commenting online.

Possibly some really effective bit of propaganda got released and no one fact checked it. The anti-EV lobby absolutely loved when California issued a standard demand warning a few years ago during a summer peak. I wonder if that's the cause?

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