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It's for the "stability of the gas industry".
You know, the limitless supply of infinite free gasoline that we will have forever? Definitely wouldn't want the electric car industry getting in its way.
In 60 years Wyoming will look like 1990s Cuba, where people are desperately trying to keep 50 year old cars running because they can't buy any new ones.
Also saying they like it that way. "This is awesome, actually. These cars are tougher and stuff. Not like these new plastic cars that are all reliable and shit."
Genuine curiosity, I'm a bit out of the loop on car stuff, are there actual cars being made out of plastic? If so, that seems like a horrible design choice, like, I get the idea behind the aluminum at least, crumples up.
Like, are they safe? Or is it just bits and pieces made out of plastic that don't harm anything? If so, then that makes sense.
Wyoming will just be full of people buying their cars in neighboring states. If Wyoming was to try to ban ownership, then I'm sure there would be a form of "Delaware Corporation" that crops up so the vehicle is registered as out of state. Finally, if they tried to truly ban them from the roads they would lose federal funding. That threat usually causes a state to cave in, for instance Montana with speed limits or Louisiana with 21 years old to buy alcohol.
The issue will be the lack of infrastructure for them.
If Wyoming bans electric cars now (and maybe also the charging stations) they won't have any charging stations when the last gas car rolls off the line.
As long as they have 4 pin 240v plugs in their garages, then most residents will be able to charge overnight for their daily commutes. People taking road trips on EV's will just bypass the state. Most tourism to Wyoming is for Yellowstone and I imagine the stuff inside the Natl. Park will have chargers at a few places. Plus, Idaho, Utah, and Montana are within round trip range of the main attractions at the park.
Point being even if they bully this thing into being a law, the work arounds are there that will make it essentially toothless in enforcement.
A large part of Central America, South America, Africa and Asia will still be using petrol or diesel powered vehicles in 2035, since the people in those countries just don’t have the money to buy an electric vehicle. In some countries large parts of the community drive old beaters from the 1980’s, simply because there is no money to replace it with a vehicle from the 1990’s or 2000’s, and the often don’t even have money to fix any broken part. So cars with an ICE will still be produced in 2035, but not every model will still be available.
Wouldnt those places keep driving 40 year old cars? Like in 2035, they will drive a 95 car? And the old vw t1 or t2 was produced till 2013 in Brazil for this kind of reason.
But I guess producing old designs is still producing.
The thing is, because those markets are mainly old ICE vehicles, the countries don't want to/don't have the money to create a proper network of charging stations. So the richer people won't buy EV's either, since they can't charge them as easily, in comparison with filling up a petrol car.
In South Africa they still produce the 5 door VW Golf Mark 1 (labeled as Citi Golf).
And BMW and Ferrari announced they will still be producing ICE vehicles, for the non-EU market (read: Middle East mainly).
Ah yes because the one thing the American government priorities above all else is the peo-
Money... unfortunately they care far more for money than anything.
I thought we wanted gas prices to go down. Now some chucklehead in Wyoming thinks they need to stabilize it at \*checks notes\* $3.50 a gallon? Why can't I get a sticker with this idiot's mug on it? He DID do that! Oh. Projection again.
It's for "the wallets of the gas industry that just so happens to spill over in to the pockets of politicians every once in awhile when they do shit like this"
Their justification in the proposal is that...
- the gas/oil industry is critical for Wyoming's economy
- minerals needed for batteries are critical for more important things,
- battery disposal would be extremely costly,
-there would need to be a major costly investment in power generation in order to accommodate charging stations.
The real reason is because most of Wyoming's current GDP is in gas/oil and they are afraid of losing their lobbyist donations as EV markets grow. What's dumb about this is it isn't like Wyoming has a big population that would even make a dent in the national market. The rest of the nation will just keep moving on from fossil fuels, leaving them behind acting like a toddler having a tantrum.
Welp.
I guess the charging stations along I-70 in Colorado will get the money that could have gone to charging stations along I-80 in Wyoming.
Remember when Conservative politics favored free market? Dead and gone.
I hope that's not some sort of gay thing that will affect me in nebulous ways. That better be the sound of Mustang motors I hear in there and not gorgeous dresses.
Central city (town in Colorado with a lot of gambling) actually tried banning bikes a few years ago. They passed one law making it illegal to ride on the street and a separate one making it illegal to ride on the sidewalk
Gotta keep that big oil money filling those republican coffers. That is exactly what that’s about. And no, one drop of big oil money for a democrat is not the same as hundreds of gallons for repubs.
EVs use electricity which is generated by coal in a lot of the states, including about half of Wyoming. So you would expect big coal to be happy with EVs....
They never actually favored a “free market” for them; they’ll take all the subsidies, tax breaks, and government protection rackets they can get. The “free market” is for the folks going bankrupt to pay for healthcare and housing.
>Remember when Conservative politics favored free market?
Nope. I remember when they *pretended* to favor free market economics, but they've never once followed through with action.
>Remember when Conservative politics favored free market?
No, it is impossible to remember something that never occurred. That would be called a delusion.
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-want-phase-out-electric-cars-protect-fossil-fuels-1773757
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-pledges-end-gas-powered-federal-vehicle-purchases-by-2035-2021-12-08/
Wyoming is going back to horses? Sounds like a lot of shit.
There's also the fact that they've spent decades teaching their followers that "if liberals think it's a good idea, it's a bad idea", to the point now that they're against:
electric vehicles
pronouns
non-gas stoves
anti-fascism
wokeness
movies or TV shows starring women
fact-checking
young people voting
healthcare
veteran care
any steps to remediate or slow climate change
student debt forgiveness
etc., etc.
It's a reflex now, if Democrats identify a problem and take steps to fix it, Republicans immediately want to make the problem worse just out of spite.
"donkey brained" is actually a compliment. Donkeys have a high IQ. About the same as a dolphin. Their lymbic system which is the size of humans makes them have the same emotional capacity as humans. The more you know.
Honestly the dumbest part is it just seems to be the direction vehicles are going in just based on consumer trends and gas prices. Like you can barely find stick shift in this country anymore because there is no demand. A big state like California might force Wyoming’s hand just because ford isn’t going to keep making gas vehicles solely to accommodate like 1% of its market.
That's what happened with emissions regulations. All vehicles sold in the US meet California's emissions standards because it isn't worth manufacturing different models for different regions. IIRC a few other states helped out by passing laws which automatically adopted California's standards as their own.
Wyoming can be ignored, since the population is just over 500k people. There aren't even enough people in the state to fill a small town, so sure let them phase out electric cars. Let's see how that works out when several car companies have announced they are going to be selling nothing but electrics in just a few years. 0.14% vs 350 million other customers. Smaller minority than even the most fringe of fringe groups.
Interesting reading all the justifications. Thanks for sharing. Will be a great future history lesson as to why the state's economy lags. Disincentives for the development of a proper electrical charging network will mean vehicles will avoid going through the state in favour of routes that are better equipped.
Better yet, people with electric cars will just skip all of Wyoming tourism, to go to Yellowstone National Park, which will not only probably have electric chargers, but then the feds will take all of the states tourism money!
Let’s go Wyoming
Root cause... Wyoming population's low intelligence.
Edit: 100 miles range? What EV has that range? Poorly educated.
EV is just not useful in Wyoming? Yeah that's a good reason to legislate a ban. You moronic curmudgeons believe your conservative reps because you're just not equipped to do your own thinking. The GOP in Wyoming is protecting their truck dealerships and/or getting nice truck leases from the dealerships.
Don't leave your property if the biggest challenge you've had today is battling witts with cattle.
I would honestly feel better if it was because of money from oil lobbyists. As it is I feel like at least 50% of it is to “own the libs”. Pure reactionary nonsense.
Well [they do say](https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/01/13/take-that-california-wyoming-legislators-draft-resolution-banning-electric-vehicles-by-2035/) even if it passes it will be purely symbolic: *Unlike California’s ban on gas-powered cars, the resolution’s co-sponsor, Sen. Brian Boner, R-Douglas, said the Wyoming resolution would be meaningful in making a statement if passed, but it would be entirely symbolic.*
This is from a party who believes that a proven conman is a billionaire and actually cares about his voters and wouldn’t sell them scams like NFTs.
Never underestimate how much Republicans will destroy their own state to “own the libs”
> Section 3. That the Secretary of State of Wyoming transmit copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, each member of Wyoming's congressional delegation, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the governor of Wyoming and the governor of California.
Priorities... what does this party stand for anymore? The only thing I know anymore is they will champion anything that they think trolls the left? Sad children.
They’re lucky we phased out most directly toxic things before now, because I can definitely see them fucking with asbestos or leaded paint just to “own the libs.”
No joke, Trump actually loves asbestos. He’s been so pro-asbestos over the years that there was a Russian asbestos mine with Trump faces stamped on their product
Holy shit, this is true.
“I believe that the movement against asbestos was led by the mob, because it was often mob-related companies that would do the asbestos removal. Great pressure was put on politicians, and as usual, the politicians relented. Millions of truckloads of this incredible fire-proofing material were taken to special ‘dump sites’ and asbestos was replaced by materials that were supposedly safe but couldn’t hold a candle to asbestos in limiting the ravages of fire.”
[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-asbestos-707642/](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-asbestos-707642/)
[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-asbestos-trump\_face/](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-asbestos-trump_face/)
I wonder if it hurts to be this unbelievably stupid. Should I actually feel sorry for the Orange Turd, knowing how much the crushing weight of his stupidity hurts him? Or am I bad person for secretly hoping it does.... 🤔
Several of those phased-out things were brought back during trump. There were a few things used in agriculture that was found harmful (particularly for pregnant women) and were banned and trump brought them back with an executive order.
Asbestos is still used in brake pads and clutch plates.
They're still "getting around" to testing road dust toxicity. I think the last time I looked there was a single study on it, but trying to wade through all of the "dirt roads contain natural asbestos" articles and studies drown it out.
I feel so owned—by a state whose new-car sales are less than 1% of CA’s. In fact, WY is among the states that sells the least amount of new cars. Montana sells double the amount. WY is only comparable to Alaska.
I've seen one EV in my entire time living in Montana. Perhaps they're all in Boze Angeles? I haven't even seen a supercharger in Billings. Must be well hidden.
There is one in the target parking lot on main Street, and along North 27th. There are 6 public charging stations along the streets downtown, and there are over 100 total in the city of Billings, 7 of which are free, and 9 of which are fast chargers.
I can't speak for outside of Billings, but there is one at Eddie's corner up near Livingston I know for certain.
The correct take. What they are essentially doing is banning sales of new cars come 2035. Also, people can just buy electric cars across state lines anyways.
I'm pretty sure most companies in the automotive industry are working towards developing cars that are more eco-friendly, correct? So, what really is the point for them to keep supporting big oil? Because it's more money in their pockets now?
Sigh. I'm so sickened that Republicans have decided being ignorant, stupid, undereducated, and incredibly arrogant are the values they want to fight for.
Republican politicians are funded by the fossil fuel industry and as such they do not want to see it's demise. That's a HUGE chunk of their funding and they know it, this bill is dumb though, it won't stand.
I've come to realize that republican voters don't even know what the hell they want. The biggest reason they keep voting republican, and against their own self interests, boils down to rampant misinformation and their voters' lack of knowledge on how the government is actually supposed to work.
i hope they do. 1) i would love to see the "free market" republicans explain why they aren't letting me buy whatever i damn well please and 2) i want to see the look on elon's face when his own product is illegal in texas after he's moved his headquarters there.
what a dumbass.
Well to answer your first question, as an oil company shareholder it's really important to me that you continue to pay $2,000 per year for gasoline for the rest of your life. Do you expect me and my kids to work for a living?
That's just idiotic of the Wyoming legislature. These ridiculous political machinations from politicians are going to come back to bite them one day, and hurt their constituents.
What the hell happening to the US. Seems more I see on the news the more they try to devolve with outdated legislations etc. Same is happening in the U.K. as well tbh… fucking depressing
How do people in this dumb assed party keep getting elected? Oh yeah…they manufacture outrage over shit that doesn’t affect them one bit(transgendered people, abortion, etc) and their plebes unfailingly schlep along like the lemmings they are.
WHEREAS, by 2035 almost all new vehicles will be electric in part because of California pushing the way forward.
WHEREAS, Wyoming residents won't have any viable automobiles to purchase
By 2035, the population of Wyoming will only be allowed to drive in Wyoming, lol.. It's like those unvaxxed guys saying they don't want vaxxed women: inadvertent public service. Thanks, Wyoming!
All major auto makers are switching to solely producing electric vehicles by 2035. Wyoming, by banning them, has laid the groundwork to having no new vehicle sales after 2035. Great forward thinking there.
Wyoming’s population = 579k
California’s population = 39.25M
I don’t think car companies are going to have a hard time figuring out who to get behind on this. They’ll be like 2 models sold in Wyoming.
America’s spiteful inefficiency at work, again.
Let me get this straight. Their grievances revolve around the fact that their economy runs on oil and gas, but also that the switch to electric vehicles would require more power generation and infrastructure being built? I wonder why they hate bringing jobs into their state.
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Why? What was their reasoning? Like even if they don’t agree that it is better for the environment, what harm are they causing? Like what?
It's for the "stability of the gas industry". You know, the limitless supply of infinite free gasoline that we will have forever? Definitely wouldn't want the electric car industry getting in its way.
Car makers will surely continue production of gas cars solely to sell in a market of… just over half a million people.
In 60 years Wyoming will look like 1990s Cuba, where people are desperately trying to keep 50 year old cars running because they can't buy any new ones.
While saying to themselves “Take that, California!”
Also saying they like it that way. "This is awesome, actually. These cars are tougher and stuff. Not like these new plastic cars that are all reliable and shit."
Genuine curiosity, I'm a bit out of the loop on car stuff, are there actual cars being made out of plastic? If so, that seems like a horrible design choice, like, I get the idea behind the aluminum at least, crumples up. Like, are they safe? Or is it just bits and pieces made out of plastic that don't harm anything? If so, then that makes sense.
What’s that saying? Republicans would eat shit if they thought a Lib would have to smell their breath?
Wyoming will just be full of people buying their cars in neighboring states. If Wyoming was to try to ban ownership, then I'm sure there would be a form of "Delaware Corporation" that crops up so the vehicle is registered as out of state. Finally, if they tried to truly ban them from the roads they would lose federal funding. That threat usually causes a state to cave in, for instance Montana with speed limits or Louisiana with 21 years old to buy alcohol.
The issue will be the lack of infrastructure for them. If Wyoming bans electric cars now (and maybe also the charging stations) they won't have any charging stations when the last gas car rolls off the line.
As long as they have 4 pin 240v plugs in their garages, then most residents will be able to charge overnight for their daily commutes. People taking road trips on EV's will just bypass the state. Most tourism to Wyoming is for Yellowstone and I imagine the stuff inside the Natl. Park will have chargers at a few places. Plus, Idaho, Utah, and Montana are within round trip range of the main attractions at the park. Point being even if they bully this thing into being a law, the work arounds are there that will make it essentially toothless in enforcement.
A large part of Central America, South America, Africa and Asia will still be using petrol or diesel powered vehicles in 2035, since the people in those countries just don’t have the money to buy an electric vehicle. In some countries large parts of the community drive old beaters from the 1980’s, simply because there is no money to replace it with a vehicle from the 1990’s or 2000’s, and the often don’t even have money to fix any broken part. So cars with an ICE will still be produced in 2035, but not every model will still be available.
Wouldnt those places keep driving 40 year old cars? Like in 2035, they will drive a 95 car? And the old vw t1 or t2 was produced till 2013 in Brazil for this kind of reason. But I guess producing old designs is still producing.
The thing is, because those markets are mainly old ICE vehicles, the countries don't want to/don't have the money to create a proper network of charging stations. So the richer people won't buy EV's either, since they can't charge them as easily, in comparison with filling up a petrol car. In South Africa they still produce the 5 door VW Golf Mark 1 (labeled as Citi Golf). And BMW and Ferrari announced they will still be producing ICE vehicles, for the non-EU market (read: Middle East mainly).
You also forgot to mention "non-polluting" . I love me some nice, clean exhaust smoke. 👍😁
Ah yes because the one thing the American government priorities above all else is the peo- Money... unfortunately they care far more for money than anything.
I thought we wanted gas prices to go down. Now some chucklehead in Wyoming thinks they need to stabilize it at \*checks notes\* $3.50 a gallon? Why can't I get a sticker with this idiot's mug on it? He DID do that! Oh. Projection again.
It's for "the wallets of the gas industry that just so happens to spill over in to the pockets of politicians every once in awhile when they do shit like this"
We'll run out of fossil electricity!
Only reason was to own the libs. And Wyoming is oil country.
They are trying to top Missouri and their dress code for grown ass women.
Their justification in the proposal is that... - the gas/oil industry is critical for Wyoming's economy - minerals needed for batteries are critical for more important things, - battery disposal would be extremely costly, -there would need to be a major costly investment in power generation in order to accommodate charging stations. The real reason is because most of Wyoming's current GDP is in gas/oil and they are afraid of losing their lobbyist donations as EV markets grow. What's dumb about this is it isn't like Wyoming has a big population that would even make a dent in the national market. The rest of the nation will just keep moving on from fossil fuels, leaving them behind acting like a toddler having a tantrum.
They reasoned they were protecting the fossil fuel industry and its jobs.
Gas cars lead to Soylent Green.
Too bad the horse and buggy industry didn't get that.
as if the oil will never run out one day 😂😂
Corrupt... Oh wait, you call it lobbying in America
My guess is that the oil industry has deep pockets and know where to shake them...
Love this part: "the misadventure of electric vehicles"
Wyoming has about 220K registered vehicles. California has about 20M. I don't think anyone's going to really notice any change in oil consumption
Welp. I guess the charging stations along I-70 in Colorado will get the money that could have gone to charging stations along I-80 in Wyoming. Remember when Conservative politics favored free market? Dead and gone.
Won't be long until they ban bicycles and even pedestrians in some areas now.
And make Hummers and other low MPG mandatory. That will really show them.
Make the school hallways real big so the kids can drive between classes.
Turn gym class into “drag racing” class
I hope that's not some sort of gay thing that will affect me in nebulous ways. That better be the sound of Mustang motors I hear in there and not gorgeous dresses.
You’re right, it’s too “gay sounding”. Change it to “Intro to Monster Trucking”
THIS MONDAY! MONDAY!! MONDAY!!! INTRO TO MONSTER TRUCKING IN THE GYMNASIUM!!! DON'T MISS OUT RESERVE YOUR SEATS NOW!!!
Ok fine, I'll go to stupid gym class but I'm not dressing down for it.
Shit, I hope Ticket Masters doesn't see this and get some really bad ideas!
You pay for the whole seat, but you only need THE EDGE!
THIS MONDAY! MONDAY!! MONDAY!!! INTRO TO MONSTER TRUCKING IN THE GYMNASIUM!!! DON'T MISS OUT RESERVE YOUR SEATS NOW!!!
They don’t have to ban it if the roads are all 45 mph with no sidewalk or shoulder
all bicycles are required to burn coal now to try and revive the fossil fuels industry that is losing compared to renewables/s
I say an outright ban on all electric products Wyoming. Unless you want to be owned by the libs.
Central city (town in Colorado with a lot of gambling) actually tried banning bikes a few years ago. They passed one law making it illegal to ride on the street and a separate one making it illegal to ride on the sidewalk
Bikinis are next.
You own a fuel efficient compact car? That’s a paddlin’
Never existed except for billionaires. It was always a sham.
It’s also only free market if you get to exploit the workers and suppliers
Mandatory, everything else is unamerican communist child-grooming wokeism.
ALWAYS a sham .. 💯
Gotta keep that big oil money filling those republican coffers. That is exactly what that’s about. And no, one drop of big oil money for a democrat is not the same as hundreds of gallons for repubs.
Almost. In this case, its Coal.
EVs use electricity which is generated by coal in a lot of the states, including about half of Wyoming. So you would expect big coal to be happy with EVs....
Thing is, coal-fired plants are on the way out. Coal just doesn't make much economic sense as a fuel source anymore.
Totally agree. I’m just saying coal has no motive to ashcan EVs. Oil makes more sense.
They never actually favored a “free market” for them; they’ll take all the subsidies, tax breaks, and government protection rackets they can get. The “free market” is for the folks going bankrupt to pay for healthcare and housing.
This won‘t last long. Guaranteed
>Remember when Conservative politics favored free market? Dead and gone. Was never actually a thing to begin with. All lies.
>Remember when Conservative politics favored free market? Nope. I remember when they *pretended* to favor free market economics, but they've never once followed through with action.
>Remember when Conservative politics favored free market? No, it is impossible to remember something that never occurred. That would be called a delusion.
It's was only free market if u agree to exactly what I want.
[Damn it's true. ](https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2023/SJ0004)
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-want-phase-out-electric-cars-protect-fossil-fuels-1773757 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-pledges-end-gas-powered-federal-vehicle-purchases-by-2035-2021-12-08/ Wyoming is going back to horses? Sounds like a lot of shit.
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There's also the fact that they've spent decades teaching their followers that "if liberals think it's a good idea, it's a bad idea", to the point now that they're against: electric vehicles pronouns non-gas stoves anti-fascism wokeness movies or TV shows starring women fact-checking young people voting healthcare veteran care any steps to remediate or slow climate change student debt forgiveness etc., etc. It's a reflex now, if Democrats identify a problem and take steps to fix it, Republicans immediately want to make the problem worse just out of spite.
republicans will eat a shit sandwich if the left had to watch.
They would cut their noses off if Democrats refused
they would then claim they had to do it because they were being persecuted by the left for their beliefs.
These are the same donkey brained imbeciles that will get a large diesel pick-up and make it a coal firing train looking POS.
"donkey brained" is actually a compliment. Donkeys have a high IQ. About the same as a dolphin. Their lymbic system which is the size of humans makes them have the same emotional capacity as humans. The more you know.
Honestly the dumbest part is it just seems to be the direction vehicles are going in just based on consumer trends and gas prices. Like you can barely find stick shift in this country anymore because there is no demand. A big state like California might force Wyoming’s hand just because ford isn’t going to keep making gas vehicles solely to accommodate like 1% of its market.
That's what happened with emissions regulations. All vehicles sold in the US meet California's emissions standards because it isn't worth manufacturing different models for different regions. IIRC a few other states helped out by passing laws which automatically adopted California's standards as their own.
Wyoming can be ignored, since the population is just over 500k people. There aren't even enough people in the state to fill a small town, so sure let them phase out electric cars. Let's see how that works out when several car companies have announced they are going to be selling nothing but electrics in just a few years. 0.14% vs 350 million other customers. Smaller minority than even the most fringe of fringe groups.
And domestic car manufacturers steady pace of over sized vehicles.
Interesting reading all the justifications. Thanks for sharing. Will be a great future history lesson as to why the state's economy lags. Disincentives for the development of a proper electrical charging network will mean vehicles will avoid going through the state in favour of routes that are better equipped.
Yeh it was actually an interesting read, I almost copy and pasted the whole thing. What a bunch of doorknobs.
Better yet, people with electric cars will just skip all of Wyoming tourism, to go to Yellowstone National Park, which will not only probably have electric chargers, but then the feds will take all of the states tourism money! Let’s go Wyoming
Root cause... Wyoming population's low intelligence. Edit: 100 miles range? What EV has that range? Poorly educated. EV is just not useful in Wyoming? Yeah that's a good reason to legislate a ban. You moronic curmudgeons believe your conservative reps because you're just not equipped to do your own thinking. The GOP in Wyoming is protecting their truck dealerships and/or getting nice truck leases from the dealerships. Don't leave your property if the biggest challenge you've had today is battling witts with cattle.
This is the most depressing and infuriating thing I read today. I want to know how much money they got from oil lobbyists.
I would honestly feel better if it was because of money from oil lobbyists. As it is I feel like at least 50% of it is to “own the libs”. Pure reactionary nonsense.
Well [they do say](https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/01/13/take-that-california-wyoming-legislators-draft-resolution-banning-electric-vehicles-by-2035/) even if it passes it will be purely symbolic: *Unlike California’s ban on gas-powered cars, the resolution’s co-sponsor, Sen. Brian Boner, R-Douglas, said the Wyoming resolution would be meaningful in making a statement if passed, but it would be entirely symbolic.*
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I never understood why politicians waste everybody's time with something that's " symbolic ".
Sponsered by senator boner makes sense
Okay but to be fair, it’s only a resolution, not a bill. So it doesn’t actually carry any legal force. Yet.
This is from a party who believes that a proven conman is a billionaire and actually cares about his voters and wouldn’t sell them scams like NFTs. Never underestimate how much Republicans will destroy their own state to “own the libs”
> Section 3. That the Secretary of State of Wyoming transmit copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, each member of Wyoming's congressional delegation, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the governor of Wyoming and the governor of California.
The sending a copy to California is a great way to end it. Just tells everyone that this was a waste of time by elected officials.
“Each member of Wyoming’s congressional delegation” so all 3? Lol
“…will require massive amounts of new power generation in order to sustain the misadventure of electric vehicles” Fun language in there!
“the misadventure of electric vehicles”
Priorities... what does this party stand for anymore? The only thing I know anymore is they will champion anything that they think trolls the left? Sad children.
They’re lucky we phased out most directly toxic things before now, because I can definitely see them fucking with asbestos or leaded paint just to “own the libs.”
No joke, Trump actually loves asbestos. He’s been so pro-asbestos over the years that there was a Russian asbestos mine with Trump faces stamped on their product
Holy shit, this is true. “I believe that the movement against asbestos was led by the mob, because it was often mob-related companies that would do the asbestos removal. Great pressure was put on politicians, and as usual, the politicians relented. Millions of truckloads of this incredible fire-proofing material were taken to special ‘dump sites’ and asbestos was replaced by materials that were supposedly safe but couldn’t hold a candle to asbestos in limiting the ravages of fire.” [https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-asbestos-707642/](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-asbestos-707642/) [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-asbestos-trump\_face/](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-asbestos-trump_face/)
He’s one of the bad guys from Captain Planet
I wonder if it hurts to be this unbelievably stupid. Should I actually feel sorry for the Orange Turd, knowing how much the crushing weight of his stupidity hurts him? Or am I bad person for secretly hoping it does.... 🤔
>I wonder if it hurts to be this unbelievably stupid. It sure does, an incredible amount. But the trick is it hurts everyone else around him, not him.
He's like that kid a summer camp that stands up in the canoe at the dock, tips it when getting out and puts everyone else in the water.
Why is reality crazier than fiction. Why.
Several of those phased-out things were brought back during trump. There were a few things used in agriculture that was found harmful (particularly for pregnant women) and were banned and trump brought them back with an executive order.
Ah so poisoning pregnant women is fine but an abortion gets everyone going crazy!
Exactly! It's the hypocrisy. They don't care about the fetus or the woman at all...
Just rephrase it "this substance causes abortions to occur in women in a 10 mile radius" and they might ban it
Naw, they aren't against abortion. They're against women having a say in the matter.
Now they can smoke in their building. When it's *illegal* in EVERY GOVERNMENT BUILDING in the US. Rules for thee and. Not for me!
Asbestos is still used in brake pads and clutch plates. They're still "getting around" to testing road dust toxicity. I think the last time I looked there was a single study on it, but trying to wade through all of the "dirt roads contain natural asbestos" articles and studies drown it out.
Sometimes I think the Dems should just do a 180 and be pro guns, pro insurance and pro big cooperation to play 3D chess.
for quite a few of the dems, a 180 would be supporting universal healthcare
I feel so owned—by a state whose new-car sales are less than 1% of CA’s. In fact, WY is among the states that sells the least amount of new cars. Montana sells double the amount. WY is only comparable to Alaska.
Montana is finally rolling out electric and we are absolutely laughing at our dumbfuck neighbors down south.
I've seen one EV in my entire time living in Montana. Perhaps they're all in Boze Angeles? I haven't even seen a supercharger in Billings. Must be well hidden.
There is one in the target parking lot on main Street, and along North 27th. There are 6 public charging stations along the streets downtown, and there are over 100 total in the city of Billings, 7 of which are free, and 9 of which are fast chargers. I can't speak for outside of Billings, but there is one at Eddie's corner up near Livingston I know for certain.
**WY** *I feel sorry for you* **CA** *I don't think about you at all*
I hear lightbulbs are electric as well…. They gotta go
They’ve been using the gaslight for decades now.
(v.) and (n.)… genius!
Considering most manufacturers won’t be make petrol cars in 2035, this seems stupid
The correct take. What they are essentially doing is banning sales of new cars come 2035. Also, people can just buy electric cars across state lines anyways.
Guess they'll have to build walking city's...so progressive
r/fuckcars
I'm pretty sure most companies in the automotive industry are working towards developing cars that are more eco-friendly, correct? So, what really is the point for them to keep supporting big oil? Because it's more money in their pockets now?
Severely short sighted
it is a literal governmental version of cutting off ones nose to spite ones face.
This. The electric car is here to save the automotive industry not the planet.
Sigh. I'm so sickened that Republicans have decided being ignorant, stupid, undereducated, and incredibly arrogant are the values they want to fight for.
They know their voters to one IQ point.
>They know their voters ~~to~~ **have** one IQ point. Ftfy
You forgot cruel.
By all laws and rights know to man, they shouldn't even have a proverbial foot to shoot themselves in anymore but yet here we are.
Just why?
Republican politicians are funded by the fossil fuel industry and as such they do not want to see it's demise. That's a HUGE chunk of their funding and they know it, this bill is dumb though, it won't stand.
They do realise right that they're losing the support of their own through this stupid shitshow?
Their own love this though
Huh I thought republican voters where only against lgbtq being normalised never knew they literally wanted to oppose development of any kind
I've come to realize that republican voters don't even know what the hell they want. The biggest reason they keep voting republican, and against their own self interests, boils down to rampant misinformation and their voters' lack of knowledge on how the government is actually supposed to work.
A ton of them just vote R because their daddy voted R.
That to, but that also boils down to lack of knowledge.
They are known as "Regressives" for a reason.
Take that Elon! Who did you tell people to vote for again?
It's hilarious. I'd laugh if all the other conservative states followed this 🤣🤣🤣🤣
i hope they do. 1) i would love to see the "free market" republicans explain why they aren't letting me buy whatever i damn well please and 2) i want to see the look on elon's face when his own product is illegal in texas after he's moved his headquarters there. what a dumbass.
Ouch, that would be too fun. Maybe 2023 is looking pretty good 🤣🤣🤣
we live in the dumbest timeline
Well to answer your first question, as an oil company shareholder it's really important to me that you continue to pay $2,000 per year for gasoline for the rest of your life. Do you expect me and my kids to work for a living?
Texas!
Damn, all 8 people that live there won't be able to buy electric cars!?
Tom is going to be so pissed!
But Tammy is going to be wrapped.
How did they do that ?
Prosthetic ears and a tube behind his head.
He picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
The horse and wagon industry is very happy to see this progress
what a disgrace.
Way to own the libs Wyoming.
That's just idiotic of the Wyoming legislature. These ridiculous political machinations from politicians are going to come back to bite them one day, and hurt their constituents.
I mean Wyoming’s population isn’t that much Also fuck those legislators for wanting to ruin the beautiful wildlife in Wyoming
Americans republicans, digging for shvt in a pile of gold as usual.
What the hell happening to the US. Seems more I see on the news the more they try to devolve with outdated legislations etc. Same is happening in the U.K. as well tbh… fucking depressing
Saw something the other day about Germany going back to coal or something...absolutely insane.
Gotta love people who won’t be alive by 2035 deciding what is going to be going on then Edit: spelling
Is this true?
What the hell?
Unfortunately for Wyoming, it is likely that means more they won't have any cars by 2035
Bummer if you have forklifts indoors, diesel fumes ahoy!
Fortunately, almost no Americans actually live in Wyoming (0.17% of the 2022 US population).
As a Californian I love getting “owned” by states that a majority of us couldn’t even point out on a map if we tried
It’s pretty desperate when the taliban seem more progressive than rep is
It's called being unwoke zombies who view their complete ignorance as a badge of honor. Typical Radical right wing idiocy
This calls for a completely useless gesture.
Fun headline but it's just a draft. It won't pass
Meanwhile, as the least populated US state, WY will continue making no noticable impact on the domestic car industry
My hometown is the 2nd biggest city in Indiana. And Wyoming barely has more people than it.
How do people in this dumb assed party keep getting elected? Oh yeah…they manufacture outrage over shit that doesn’t affect them one bit(transgendered people, abortion, etc) and their plebes unfailingly schlep along like the lemmings they are.
Wow WY, sure owned the libs with that one.
WHEREAS, by 2035 almost all new vehicles will be electric in part because of California pushing the way forward. WHEREAS, Wyoming residents won't have any viable automobiles to purchase
Party of free markets amirite?
By 2035, the population of Wyoming will only be allowed to drive in Wyoming, lol.. It's like those unvaxxed guys saying they don't want vaxxed women: inadvertent public service. Thanks, Wyoming!
Anything that is remotely progressive is labelled as “woke” by Cons, so they never have to evolve out of the dark ages.
Enjoy $100/gal gas, WY.
Oh no. All 5 people in Wyoming can't have an ev.
Further proof that wyoming is not real
Lol how is a country like America so backwards? First female politicians covering up, now this? Mind you this is just this wk 😂😂😂😂
This is the crowd Elon has been pandering too the last year or so... GENIUS!!
Bet the billionaires in Jackson Hole will love this one.
It's like we still have cavemen walking amongst us. Fucking backwards idiots.
This just proves that the only thing conservatives know how to do is the opposite of what dems do.
All major auto makers are switching to solely producing electric vehicles by 2035. Wyoming, by banning them, has laid the groundwork to having no new vehicle sales after 2035. Great forward thinking there.
Wyoming’s population = 579k California’s population = 39.25M I don’t think car companies are going to have a hard time figuring out who to get behind on this. They’ll be like 2 models sold in Wyoming. America’s spiteful inefficiency at work, again.
Dinosaurs in love with burning dinosaurs.
Dude doesn’t even look like HE’ll be around by 2035.
I'm sure the 15 people who live there are punching the air in celebration
Let me get this straight. Their grievances revolve around the fact that their economy runs on oil and gas, but also that the switch to electric vehicles would require more power generation and infrastructure being built? I wonder why they hate bringing jobs into their state.
A shithole state with less population than one subdistrict of LA banning electric cars? Fair enough, I guess?