The Headline: “California* Will Lead the Nation on Clean Trucks”

[TDRComm]

*Pay attention if you live in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington.

My Thought: “Another Round of Californication”

As I read the March 31 joint press release from “State Director, Environment California” and “State Director, CALPIRG” (wow, long and important titles) I couldn’t help but think: Californication.

Before I was able to focus on how the rest of the nation may be exploited by legislative action in California, I was sidetracked by the word “Californication.”

Long definition, short version: Californication was a 1999 record album and song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The song refers to the Hollywood culture with references to plastic surgery, war, population control, space travel and natural disasters. If you want to be sidetracked for another 10 minutes, just do a search on the lyrics to the song.

However, according to my research at Wikipedia, the term’s first appearance was in a Time magazine report from May of 1966 as it related to the “haphazard, mindless development of land in southern California.”

Now back to the press release.

Wait, there are too many Directors of this-and-that. How do I get one of those white-collar jobs?

Wait, what is CALPIRG? (Answer: California Public Interest Research Group)

The Press Release

Okay, let’s examine the March 31, CALPIRG press release. Back in November 2022, at the front-page news area of the TDR’s website, we noted that the California Air Resource Board (CARB) was considering a controversial rule to require trucking fleets in California to purchase only zero-emissions medium and heavy-duty trucks after 2040. It looks like that timeline has been moved to 2045?

Here is the press release from CALPRIG, “California Will Lead the Nation on Clean Trucks”:

“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will allow California to move forward with two rules that will accelerate the adoption of zero emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. The Advanced Clean Trucks standard will incrementally phase out the sale of fossil fuel-powered trucks, buses and vans with the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045. Another rule will extend the emissions warranty period for certain heavy-duty diesel trucks, thereby ensuring cleaner performance over the life of these vehicles.

“CALPIRG and Environment California and their national partners have long advocated for adoption of the Advanced Clean Truck standards. With Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, Washington poised to adopt California’s new clean truck rules in full or in part, these regulations have the potential to improve air quality from coast to coast.

“The transportation sector in California creates approximately 50% of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions, when accounting for transportation fuel production and delivery. The sector is also California's largest contributor to the formation of ozone and fine particulate matter pollution, and medium-and heavy-duty vehicles are major sources.”

My thought: Californication, wouldn’t it be best if it stayed out west?

RP

 

[bcbender]

I would agree it would be great if it stayed there but its unlikely that's the case. Having moved from there 20+ years ago, was born there and grown up in the rural area of the central valley, I can attest that they make decisions without thought of consequences. Paving over prime farmland for decades, shipping water to unstainable population centers in the south, allowing flood control devises to age out and decay due to lack of maintenance, their power grid is garbage (was back then) and will not support their electric hopes and dreams, yet they plow forward anyway. One poor decision piled upon another, its sad because it is a beautiful state, but truly mismanaged for certain. I'm sure there could be a common ground solution, but CA has long went all in on the latest fad and while there are positive things that come from it, I would assume we will see this date move again (farther out). JM2C

 

[TDRGuy]

The folks at CALPRIG and Environment California, So proud of the work that... someone in Sacramento? Who are the officials in control ? Who set these new standards?

Regardless, CALPRIG and Environment California are ecstatic over the news and want to make sure they get THE WORD out to all of us trying to make a living.
They are watching out for our best interest, right?

RP

 

[KevinEklund]

You probably should include the state of New Mexico (I call it East California) in the list of copycat states.

 

[James Robb]

Another note about EVs is the recent article about many being totaled with low mileage for scratched batteries that are not repairable. EV battery production emits far more CO2 than fossil-fuel models, meaning EVs must be driven for thousands of miles before they offset those extra emissions. From a Reuters article.
https://www.reuters.com/business/au...r-insurer-may-have-junk-whole-car-2023-03-20/

Thanks, but I will keep my old car and truck as I live in the southeast.

 

[dpotter]

Welcome to Commiefornia! Only here do they want to demand you drive an electric car or truck, but just last summer they said you couldn't charge your electric car or truck because the grid wouldn't handle it. Does anyone else think this is crazy?

 

[bcbender]

EV battery production emits far more CO2 than fossil-fuel models,

Its the "inconvenient truth" that most EV drivers like to say they do not pollute but negate the production of electricity and the CO2 produced in the production process.

 

[Regcabguy]

In San Diego we're seeing a lot of renewable diesel. I've been running it for 10K miles now frequently. California subsidizes the price or it would be higher than diesel #2. Mine runs great on it and my filters are fine. From what I gather there is no scouring action to clog the filters. The cetane's up there and next to zero smell. https://www.worktruckonline.com/322831/4-myths-about-renewable-diesel
The Wokinistas here are on a mission to naively save the planet on the backs of the working stiff.
HD diesels already have a ton of emission equipment that renders the tailpipes cleaner than my nose. Newsom and his posse supermajority(democrats) are hellbent on pushing their scientifically inaccurate ideas on the public. They pass Assembly Bills without regard to the publics desires.
It's a mess here with more attention payed to the homeless and alternative sexual people than caring for law abiding citizens. Rant over. Time to change my evil oil.

 

[wxman]

Its the "inconvenient truth" that most EV drivers like to say they do not pollute but negate the production of electricity and the CO2 produced in the production process.

It's not just CO2. Criteria pollutants like PM2.5 are also much higher.

According to Argonne National Laboratory's GREET model (https://greet.es.anl.gov/), it would take "only" about 25,000 miles to offset the higher CO2 emissions from the manufacturing process, but it would take 540,000 miles to offset NOx, 4,700,000 miles to offset PM2.5, and would never offset the higher SOx emissions. This is for a default 300-mile range for the EV. Longer range EVs (thus larger batteries) take even longer to offset.

 

[firemansdiesel]

In San Diego we're seeing a lot of renewable diesel. I've been running it for 10K miles now frequently. California subsidizes the price or it would be higher than diesel #2. Mine runs great on it and my filters are fine. From what I gather there is no scouring action to clog the filters. The cetane's up there and next to zero smell. https://www.worktruckonline.com/322831/4-myths-about-renewable-diesel
The Wokinistas here are on a mission to naively save the planet on the backs of the working stiff.
HD diesels already have a ton of emission equipment that renders the tailpipes cleaner than my nose. Newsom and his posse supermajority(democrats) are hellbent on pushing their scientifically inaccurate ideas on the public. They pass Assembly Bills without regard to the publics desires.
It's a mess here with more attention payed to the homeless and alternative sexual people than caring for law abiding citizens. Rant over. Time to change my evil oil.

I’ve been using renewable diesel almost since new. Noticed slightly better mileage and cetane is crazy high. From reading anywhere from 75-90 range. I agree on the smell. No issue with filters either. Slightly higher in price than regular #2 in my area of the Bay.

 

[EDankievitch]

I ran biodiesel in my trucks from 2005 until 2019. Had a few issues in the beginning, poor quality fuel. Once I found a reliable supplier I never had another issue. Down here in South Jersey I haven’t been able to find a good supplier or I’d still be using it.
I tried running B100 in the summer and B20 in the winter. I found the best fuel MPG’s were with B50 blend.

 

[bcbender]

According to Argonne National Laboratory's GREET model (https://greet.es.anl.gov/),

Haven't heard that name in awhile,... We used the GREET model in the early 2000s for Hybrid / EV collegiate competitions to analyze the impact from the "well to the wheels".. Exactly my point in that they negate the rest of the process in the "zero emissions" claim.

 

[wxman]

Regarding HD trucks, a study in 2021 revealed that in combination long-haul trucks (Class 8), PM emissions are about two times higher for BEV than diesel ICEV, from a well-to-wheels perspective (Figure 4):

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.0c02931

Even GHG emissions are not improved for the BEV, especially if the the lower cargo-carrying capacity of the BEV is taken into account (Figure 7).

 

[Regcabguy]

Regarding HD trucks, a study in 2021 revealed that in combination long-haul trucks (Class 8), PM emissions are about two times higher for BEV than diesel ICEV, from a well-to-wheels perspective (Figure 4):

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.0c02931

Even GHG emissions are not improved for the BEV, especially if the the lower cargo-carrying capacity of the BEV is taken into account (Figure 7).

I'm lost on the abbreviations.

 

[Regcabguy]

I’ve been using renewable diesel almost since new. Noticed slightly better mileage and cetane is crazy high. From reading anywhere from 75-90 range. I agree on the smell. No issue with filters either. Slightly higher in price than regular #2 in my area of the Bay.

California subsidizes renewable to my knowledge. Shell's all renewable here. Chevron's got a bizarro combo of 20% bio and 80% renewable. I know bio's got a scouring action. I've only ran a couple tanks of Chevron even though I get a $0.20 discount from Von's. The only increase in mpg I've seen is selling my 2200# popup. Truck handles so nice now. It's fun to drive again. If I go into a small station with a single pump I ask the guy how often he gets tankers. If he doesn't know I bail.
On another tangent,it's bike lanes before auto occupied highways here. US 101 obviously a federal highway paid for by our exorbitant gas taxes has been reduced to one lane in each direction n Encinitas, with super expensive two abreast bike lanes that nobody uses during the week. Newsom and his fringe left government seems to think people will ride their bikes to work. Right. I was born here 73 yrs ago. What a cool state with low taxes,great schools and roads. Sucks.

 

[GSP7]

Calif leads the nation in stupidity and hurt feeling

I thought gas and diesel trucks were banned in Calif..... Dont all you Ca. guys drive around in electric vehicles

I heard chain saws, and lawn mowers, were illegal to

 

[wxman]

I'm lost on the abbreviations.

HD = heavy duty
PM = particulate matter
ICEV = internal combustion engine vehicle
GHG = greenhouse gas (e.g., CO2)
BEV = battery electric vehicle, i.e., full electric vehicle

 

[wxman]

More evidence that California's "zero emission vehicle" push is not achieving its desired goals:

“…our results indicate that the CVRP [Clean Vehicle Rebate Project] has displaced emissions from vehicle tailpipes to electric generating units, leading to a net increase in primary PM2.5 emissions across the state of California….

…Of particular concern for environmental justice and public health is the finding that Disadvantaged Communities, as defined according to CalEnviroScreen 4.0, are disproportionately more likely to experience either larger net increases or smaller net reductions in primary PM2.5, NOX, and SO2 emissions as a result of the CVRP….”

https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000183

 

[GSP7]

I'm lost on the abbreviations.

YAMB (You and me Both). IAMZTTLTSIO


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[CToney]

Up here in Western Canuckistan our federal government is pushing electrification hard. Problem is they have no logical plan that would bring affordable electricity to the masses. Irrigation and mining are on the rise here and require a lot of power. No one has thought where it would come from. Gas turbine and coal are a no go. Nuclear is scary to the activists that reside in Ottawa too, one cannot have solar and wind for base load power. This fact is lost on them. That hand basket is on the way to H E double Hockey sticks…