California Craziness: Now They Want to Ban Diesel Trucks to Fix Racism

The California craziness is at it again (is it in the water?). The California Air Resources Board (CARB) wants to ban all diesel trucks by 2040, requiring them to be fully electric. And they’re doing it to …wait for it… “rectify racist practices.

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beckyromero · 36-40, F

There are 14 CARB states (+D.C.), states that have passed legislation to adopt whatever CARB does with regards to emission standards:

Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Washington D.C.

What California SHOUD have done (and other states as well) is not build schools next to interstates and other major highways. What California SHOULD have done (and other states as well) was not approve the building of housing developments next to interstates and other major highways.

In other words, practice some common sense.

Now, they're all trying to correct past mistakes - while at the same time continuing to approve the building of schools and housing in errors more prone to cancer risks because of the closeness to highways.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@beckyromero But how does banning diesels fix racism?

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@sunsporter1649

It doesn't "fix" much of anything. Because the schools and housing developments are still there along major highways.

There will be kids who aren't even BORN yet who will go through their entire school years before CARB's proposal would go in effect. This proposal does NOTHING for them, regardless of their skin color.

https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/ca-emission-cops-want-to-slam-the-brakes-on-diesel-rigs/

But all the political posturing about this is probably a mute point. Republicans like to make political hay about this and the ban on sale of gas-powered cars, but the simple fact is that the California Constitution gives its citizens an initiative process. Simply put, the voters can OVERRULE this or any other piece of legislation (or rule-making by unelected bodies like the CARB) they don't like by putting it to a vote on the ballot.

They actually have a more democratic process out there with ballot initiatives than we do here.

You guys should try one or the other.

Strictgram · 70-79, C

@beckyromero Moot point.