More on the Emission Puzzle in California...

[TDRComm]

This bit of news come from the Diesel Technology Forum (www.dieselforum.org - an advocacy group for the diesel engine industry).

In a recent “Diesel Direct” newsletter they presented further insight into emissions legislation in California. The headline and a brief quote from the article build on a story/headline we presented four weeks ago, Tuesday 10/11/22. Here is the text:

Later this week the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will consider a controversial rule that if enacted, will require trucking fleets in California to purchase only zero emission medium and heavy-duty vehicles after 2040. You read that right. It means starting in 2040, trucking fleets in the state wouldn’t be able to buy whatever generation of diesel truck, using whatever kind of low carbon, renewable, or e-fuel available at that time.

Some advocates for CARB’s proposal have a “if it’s not all electric and not here tomorrow, it’s not good enough” view. This near-sighted mindset jeopardizes the ultimate success of introducing zero-emission commercial vehicles to the mass market as well as ensuring continued progress on cleaner air and carbon reductions…​

(From Diesel Direct/ Diesel Technology Forum (www.dieselforum.org) Let’s Keep Future Truck and Fuel Options Open in California - Published on 10/25/22 by Allen Schaeffer

Got It.

Four weeks ago we noted a statement from Ford’s CEO Jim Farley that “Even as California plans to ban gasoline-powered vehicle sales after 2035, it’s making exceptions for heavy-duty pickups, Farley noted, giving the company confidence that sales of the trucks won’t be limited in the future.”

Now we read the “Diesel Guy” forum telling us 2040 is a possible date for zero emissions. What do we believe?

Bottom line: I’m glad I don’t live in California.

Bottom line number two: The Serenity Prayer.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.

RP

 

[bigblock_doc]

Don't live in CA. Get out while you can.

 

[Whitewolf]

Unfortunately, other states are following California's lead.

 

[surfbeetle]

How much is too much? I live in Ca and in a rural area where the local utility turns off our power during "Public Safety Events". To make this less inconvenient, they have given us discounts on gas generators as well as free portable goal zero solar/battery packs. The battery packs are worthless if it's a multiple day blackout. Ca wants to prevent us from using our gas generators. Yes we are much better than we were in the 70's but again, where does it end? I wish common sense would prevail. There is no such thing as a zero emissions vehicle, only vehicles that have remote pollution meaning their exhausts and pollution are off in some remote out of sight out of mind location.

It's all about the money, not about the clean air. My turbo actuator went out and then my def injector. It took months to get the actuator. Once I did, I was past Ca's limit for a registration extension, I had already paid for one extension. In order to get the truck smogged asap,I had to drive many more miles than I would have otherwise, wasting several additional tanks of diesel, polluting in the California sun.

The people here are too stupid to recall Newsome, too stupid to repeal an illegal gas tax, and too stupid to see through the farce of remotely polluting vehicles (EVs). Oh yeah, get an EV but you can't charge it during a heat wave because we don't have the infrastructure to support it. We have local school districts that have purchased electric busses, they can't get up to speed on the highway empty let alone with a full load. Also they have drivers who need to switch busses to a diesel bus in the middle of the day so that they can complete their assignment since the electric busses range isn't meeting expectations and can't recharge quick enough.

 

[bigblock_doc]

And still they keep voting them in. It's easy for me to say move out, but....
You have to stand up to them and say enough is enough.
At times it looks like CA. is going back to the stone age, but no fires to cook food and heat.

 

[xcc_rider]

I can only hope the big one comes and Arizona becomes the ocean front state!

Kalyforrnya is nuts!
(I know, I live there)

 

[surfbeetle]

To further my point that it's all about the money and not about the clean air consider the following. I purchased a Dodge Challenger in 2013 brand new 2014 model year, I have never had to smog check this vehicle. Each year, the registration renewal has a smog fee to be paid. What is stopping owners from modifying their vehicles for more power and possibly polluting more than stock? They can do this for 10 years and then get rid of the car and start over again with another new car. Mine is stock with a Mopar CARB approved air intake since I have a MaxCare lifetime warranty. On the other hand, my 2016 Ram has had get smogged every other year since new. Makes no sense until you consider that CARB probably didn't want to be embarrassed by a bunch of diesel trucks with tuners on them rolling coal down the highway. It would make CARB look bad but since gas cars can't roll coal, just collect their money...

 

[pfmoale]

"We" don't call it "Calastupidfornia" for nothing ! Add to it that Joe and the Ho are in office, and it makes doubly difficult ! You folks in ID, MT and WY, don't give in !

 

[Dieseldemon]

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[Dieseldemon]

I think there is a third recall starting for idiot Newsom people need to wake up to the criminals in charge of California I lived there since 1961 to 2022 and ran a business in a fully Red section of California I finally retired to do work on my own vehicles in a fully Red state Arkansas which I love there is no smog in my new state hopefully it stays that way

 

[EDankievitch]

California doesn’t have to worry about the “smoke” from their coal fired power plants… It blends right in with the forest fires smoke that the prevailing winds blow away from California and across the whole country…

 

[surfbeetle]

California doesn’t have to worry about the “smoke” from their coal fired power plants… It blends right in with the forest fires smoke that the prevailing winds blow away from California and across the whole country…

The sad thing is that when we usually have the fires you speak of, the winds are blowing Off Shore headed west bound during our "Santa Ana" Winds. There's so so so many things that have gone downhill in California over the last several years.

 

[xcc_rider]

Kalyforrnya doesn't have coal fired plants.
Heck, we hardly have any gas fired ones either and just now are realizing we need to keep a planned decommissioning of a nuclear plant running for another 10 years until all our Mr Fusion generators are up and running.

I don't know about PG&E or the other ones but SCE (with the exception of a few "peaker" plants) buys all its electricity from solar, wind and all those "dirty" plants out of state just so we can say we're "green".

Meanwhile we're paying as high as $0.54/kw during the summer peak usage time and $0.32/kw in off peak times.

All in the name of being "green".

 

[EDankievitch]

As Kermit says “It’s not easy being GREEN “