Shirin Barfjani,
Matthew Botill,
Brian Moore,
I read a Los Angeles Times
article today stating that you’re voting next month on
banning diesel trucks in California.
First, I understand there would
be less pollutants in the air but have you
considered:
AT WHAT
PRICE?
What if there aren’t
enough zero emission trucks? How do you plan on forcing
truckers to stop the transport of food to 40 million
Californians?
What will happen to grocery
prices alone if there are thousands and thousands less trucks
transporting food?
How do you plan on forcing
manufacturers to build large (sometimes refrigerated) trucks with
batteries that can run for 10 hours fully loaded? A recent article
shows the new EV Ford F-150 can't even tow another car on a trailer
100 miles without needing a complete
charge! https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/09/27/complete-and-total-disaster-ford-electric-truck-utterly-fails-youtubers-towing-test/
How do you plan on forcing
truckers to purchase “zero emission” vehicles if such
vehicles are not affordable, practical or even
available?
Have you thought about the
impact of children forced to mine thousands of tons of lithium,
cobalt and other rare minerals in Africa and other 3rd world
countries for tons and tons of battery materials required for these
trucks?
How do you plan on charging
400,000 electric trucks on a grid that today can’t handle the
current peak demand with millions less EV cars than will be
"required" by 2035.
Today, we rely heavily on China
for “zero emission” products (wind, solar, battery
components). Considering they are also building nuclear weapons and
threatening free countries, is it a good idea to force California
to become even more dependent on a Communist country?
Have you checked with attorneys
for an opinion to see if the Commerce Clause of the U.S.
Constitution even allows California to so severely impact
interstate commerce, especially by an unelected
board?
An idea this big, affecting
just about everyone in the U.S. should be brought up and debated by
the state legislature, if not the U.S.
Congress.
These are just a few important
questions to which I hope you have some answers.
I look forward to hearing from
you.
Very truly,
Roger Ellis,
Attorney at Law
(Retired)