CA is all about innovation and one of the next innovation in
transportation is to move away from combustion and relying on
drilling for oil and instead move towards electrical motors and
renewable energy.
Since we have heavily relied on gasoline consumption for over a
hundred years, what was once thought as an inexhaustable resource,
is now seen as a heavily priced (greater than $6/gal), highly
regulated (causes air pollution, drilling spillages in oceans,
& decreases quality of life), and sourced from possibly from
questionable regions with questionable human rights principles
(Russia, Saudi Arabia).
CA needs to move to the forefront of technology and innovation
and encourage industries to create clean-air vehicles by 2030 and
increase incentives for individuals as a psycological cue that is
encouraging from top-down and bottoms-up approach.
Air pollution will be reduced not just in CA but for industries
also involved with this effort of clean-air vehicles by 2030 and
its alternatives. Less oil will be drilled to reduced oil spills,
crude oil barges won't be shipped from overseas which can save
transportation costs, & pollution will be reduced from not
selling gasoline vehicles. There is potential to promote clean air
and climate changes by encouraging locally generated electricity
and from renewable sources (solar, geothermal, hydropower, wind
turbines) & creating a better infrastructure (electricity,
roads, WIFI) to connect everyone together.
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