First they forced the vehicle manufacturers to manufacture electric vehicles. Now they’re going to force dealerships to stock them. In order to force people to buy them. By leaving people with no alternative to them.
It’s called Advanced Clean Cars II – and of course, those words (like Patriot Act) do not convey anything close to the truth of the thing.
ACC II is in fact a a decree issued by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) which is not a “board” but rather an unelected bureaucracy that wields de facto legislative powers, though no one on the CARB “board” was ever elected and cannot be un-elected by voting them out of their position on the “board.”
Especially if you do not even live in California.
This CARB “board” has become a de facto national unelected legislature by dint of other states mirroring what CARB decrees with regard to what’s allowed – and what is to be disallowed – the people who live in those states. CARB has decreed that 35 percent of all the vehicles shipped to dealers must soon be what are styled “zero emissions” vehicles. This de facto means they must be electric vehicles since only they are considered by CARB (and other promoters of this fatuity) to be “zero emissions” vehicles because they lack tailpipes. And also because the gas that has nothing to do with pollution – i.e., carbon dioxide – is considered to be an “emission,” which is technically true in the sense that it is “emitted.” But to say it is a pollutant is a lot like saying a drug that neither prevents a person from catching or spreading a contagious cold is a “vaccine” in that it is deliberately misleading.
Electric vehicles cause the generation of these “emissions.” The only difference being they are not “emitted” at the tailpipe.
Well, there is an additional difference. The “emissions” generated by utility plants to charge up EV batteries are greater in the aggregate than those “emitted” as a result of burning gas in an engine – because it requires a lot of generating to produce the electricity required to charge up the enormous battery packs every EV lugs around. The amount of power needed to supply high-voltage electricity to six EV “fast” chargers is sufficient to power a neighborhood of single family homes. A lot of carbon dioxide is “emitted” in the process of generating that power but we’re supposed to believe these “emissions” are “zero” because they are not “emitted” at the tailpipe.
Anyhow, it doesn’t matter – because CARB says it does not matter. Because the states that have mirrored CARB’s decrees – say it does not matter.
A news article about ACC II sums it up nicely:
“For generations, consumers have been able to buy a new car based on what they wanted and what they could afford. Starting this fall, where they live will be factored into their decisions.” 
First, notice the passive-voice language used. It is not the case that “where they live will be factored into their decisions.” That implies free choice. ACC II is about throttling what people will be allowed to choose by restricting what dealers are allowed to offer for sale in the areas where they live. Dealers in those areas latter will be forced to stock devices – battery powered “zero emissions” vehicles – in ever-greater percentages beginning next year, with the end-goal being that by 2030 or 2035 (the final date-certain varies from state to state) the only thing dealers will be allowed to sell are battery-powered “zero emissions” devices. 
That is how they intend to force everyone they can into a new device – and it is worth a mention here that President Trump has yet to do anything substantive to prevent this forcing by ending the federal and state level regulations issued by bureaucracies (EPA at the federal level, CARB at the state level) that have served as the de facto legal requirements pushing the manufacturing of battery-powered devices. The EPA is still enforcing CAFE – the federally mandated miles-per-gallon minimums every manufacture must comply with that de facto require more partially electric (hybrid) vehicles and electric-entirely vehicles to be made – as well as the strictures pertaining to “carbon” (i.e., C02) “emissions.”
And more than a dozen states continue to mirror the de facto graduated bans on vehicles with engines that serve as a de facto requirement that only “zero emissions” battery powered vehicles may be sold in every state – because the vehicle manufacturers cannot as a practical matter manufacture cars for the dwindling handful of states that do not have “zero emissions” quotas and devices for those that do. It will be one-device-fits-all.
This is all to be enforced by what news reports – to their credit, because it’s honest language, for once – style “crippling” fines as high as $20,000 per car that is not a “zero emissions” device shipped by a vehicle manufacturer to a dealership in a state that has a “board” such as CARB that has mirrored CARB’s edicts. In Colorado, Delaware, New Jersey, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts and (of course) the District of Columbia, 45 percent of the vehicles available for sale on dealership lots will have to be battery-powered devices by 2027 in order for the manufacturer to avoid those $20,000 fines for shipping vehicles to dealers that are not devices.
In a matter of less than two years from now, in other words, it is going to be much harder to find a new vehicle that is not a device in every state – because the vehicle manufacturers are going to throttle back manufacturing vehicles they’ll be punished with crippling fines for manufacturing too many of. More finely, more than they can’t ship to dealers without incurring those fines.
It makes more sense to just stop manufacturing them.
And that’s exactly as intended. The EV push did not end with the election of President Trump. It has merely been abated, slightly.
Kind of like the pushing of those “beautiful” drugs that were never vaccines.
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A little off topic, but yet another example of just how sinister these globalist sociopaths really are, and it seems that whenever they push some demented or evil idea, it’s ALWAYS framed as “Saving the planet from cliiiiiiiiiiiiiiimate change” or “Promoting ______”, and people who’ve been propagandized fall for it. In 2016, a “Bioethicist” spoke of genetically engineering humans to fight climate change, and with this assault on consumption of red meat in addition to an assault on gas vehicles, I wouldn’t be surprised if someone like Bill Gates is genetically engineering ticks to make people allergic to red meat if they’re bitten by one…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAU-_y-WRFY
Oh yes, I have read others stories about this, John. The WEF (as well) wants to genetically modify mosquitoes so that people will be allergic to meat, as well. The sadism of these people knows no bounds. Gates is not shy about wanting to murder the world’s population, and get it down to 500 million. Never mind he is not sacrificing himself or his kids for the cause, we have to “go first”.
Hi Shadow,
Did you consent to any of these sinister plans that these sociopaths wish to foist on the masses? I’m guessing no, and I want no part of them either. If the notorious Alcatraz prison is reopened, I can think of a few criminals who SHOULD be sent there, one of them being Bill Gates.
California Air Resources Board (CARB) which is not a “board” but rather an unelected bureaucracy
I think you messed up that acronym:
CARB = Californians Are Really Bolshevik’s.
Morning, BID –
Yup. Green is the new Red. It is the same old thing, rebranded. The Communists knew they had to do this 50-plus years ago. They were behind the first Earth Day. The last open Communist who ran the old Soviet Union founded the Green Cross. Green sells better than Red. That’s all.
Trump will uphold this. After all, California is full of ‘good people.’ His fecklessness leaves him powerless to do anything against those whose sole motive in life is meaning well. He tries too hard, and doesn’t learn from the past. This makes him either extremely naive, or extremely stooopid. Might have been better if we’d selected the African American whose only African American DNA was from willy Brown. The revolution is over. Saw dozens of Waymos driving around the big city recently. I hope when the leftists steal power back in two years that Trump goes to prison for twenty years. He has all the tools to MAGA and he chooses to play stupid games and win stupid prizes.
Meanwhile the rest of the country will be dragged down by the fatwahs and NGO judges ruling in entirely political fashion. Can only hope our future is a balkanized smorgasbord of states, some less bad than others. The alternative is elimination of Tenth amendment rights by a federal powerhouse styled after 192Os Russia.
You cant fix something as broken as our system of government. They cant fix ASS, they cant fix driver assist, they cant fix the drive to impose a fake green fever dream on a majority who wants nothing to do with it. They cant even keep the potholes filled. The best thing is destroying it. From within or without, The sooner its destroyed the better our chances. Unfortunately for us, TPTB selected a guy who wants to fool everyone by tinkering around the edges in hopes of making things great again. Meanwhile the country cheers as hopium reenters the chat..
Hey Norman,
One big problem is that California itself hasn’t been balkanized. There are good people in California; they are just the minority, and the bad-shit, high-population-density centers control the whole thing.
Unfortunately, when it comes to state secession, someone gave the parasitic side a say in the matter, so it never happens.
I realize secession will never happen. I always think of Erics meme with honest [ahem] Abe saying ‘If you leave me, I will kill you.’
Still might be some states resisting. AZ, Alaska, Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Montana, Dakotas come to mind. All have the potential to become bitter clingers. Don’t know if any of them will though. Like you said ‘High population density centers’ are the key to stealing any and every election they please. Then, they run around soiling themselves shouting about ‘the will of the people.’
I have serious doubts about AK successfully resisting or seceding. Too many stupid liberal Californians have moved up here, and into the Anchorage Mat-Su area. They are just smart enough to flee their “home” state, but still stupid as hell, and bring their commie crap with them. I pray they do not wreck this state the way they have Colorado. Who would have thought the Russians re-claiming us might be a better option than the Commiefornians taking over.
Morning, Shadow –
Yup. It’s fundamentally the bonobo vs. chimp problem. Too many people are chimps. They are unable or unwilling to live peacefully with others. They just have to impose their ways on others. This is equally true of the Left and the Right. The only meaningful difference being the specifics. The Right objects to using force to finance Drag Queen Story Time. The Left demands Drag Queen Story be funded. The Right demands “defense” and “the schools” be funded. Neither can stand the idea of individuals funding what they want, themselves – and leaving others who don’t want it out of it.
If the ACC isn’t repealed or otherwise shut down, I can see a lot of dealerships in affected states either closing up shop or only selling and servicing used cars. Because otherwise, they will be saddled with a product that will produce very few sales. Imagine visiting a dealership in the future where almost no one asks to see new vehicles and the sales staff make most all of their commissions on used cars. And not only that, people who want new non-EV cars and trucks would be flocking to states that still allow them.
Maybe the best thing is to refuse to ship cars and shut down the dealerships.
The backlash should put a stop to this plan.
If not, then Cali gets what it deserves.
I’m afraid there need to be good people who are willing to start car companies and other businesses that exclude Commiefornia and similar non-markets from their business models.
Take Trump’s supposed price-fixing of drug prices. What is needed are smaller drug companies willing to out compete Big Pharma on price, and the elimination of the government intervention that might prohibit their existence.
Also, I’m surprised you aren’t ripping this up this morning, Eric (though I apologize if you have it on deck):
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-sets-out-to-fix-everyones-least-favorite-car-feature
‘“Start/stop technology: where your car dies at every red light so companies get a climate participation trophy. EPA approved it, and everyone hates it, so we’re fixing it,” Zeldin wrote on X.’
Yes, the Legend of Zeldin is going to “fix” it. This is a little like “fixing” the coyotes that keep eating your chickens. No, you need to dispatch them. You can’t “fix” ASS. You need to rid us of the requirements/incentives responsible for its existence.
“That is how they intend to force everyone they can into a new device”
They will/might force you buy only in the prescribed areas. If you attempt to buy elsewhere then based on where you live itz a “No Sale” to you buddy. For instance you cannot purchase certain fireams/magazines based on your address. Yes the police state is moving slowly but surely. They work in generations. To //them\\ “time” has no meaning.
Where is Trump and telling California to “F” off for violation of the commerce clause of the constitution?
Trump is concerned about tariffs, then where is the concern regarding the self-imposed tariff of high regulation making our products non-competitive overseas?
California has thousands of abandoned and orphaned oil wells that just sit there.
Those wells leak methane, are environmental hazards and the problem is not addressed.
Might want to think about cleaning up the old oil fields first. Thousands of wells are polluting everything, not just air.
A bunch of hypocrites, do as we say, not as we do, then point with pride and view with alarm, while ignoring what has to be done.
It definitely fits the bill as an “EV Mandate”. Lets make some noise about this! Let them dig their own grave.
I wonder how much of the money confiscated from us at gun point government is going to burn forcefully promoting cars few can afford and even fewer want? Oh well, only a fool would ever believe government is ever our friend.
For months, the bank of EV chargers located near the entrance of Whole Foods have had covers on them stating the chargers are all offline. Teslas just use them as regular parking spaces now.
For all you pusillanimous new car buyers – enjoy the ride.
We here in Virginia have an election coming up this November. If the communist … I meant democrat party wins the governor’s mansion and keeps both houses, we are going to be in a bad situation concerning new auto purchases. Not to mention all the other “plans” they have in store.
Agreed, Allen. If Spanberger gets in we are in deep doo doo. Just what this state needs…former CIA enacting legislation. Unfortunately, I think she has it in the bag. I drive throughout the state and I am not seeing any Winsome Sears signs or that she looks like she is even campaigning. The stupid ass Republican Party will hand another win to the Asses and VA will look like CA without the nicer weather.
Morning, RG –
I dread this Spanberger thing, too. Might be the thing that prompts us to move to West Virginia or some other redoubt of sort-of freedom…
Unfortunately, WV ain’t all it is cracked up to be either. Probably not a bad idea to buy land and a trailer to escape for a bit though, but there is no safe space anywhere.
WV still has vehicle inspections – for me, I’d hardly call that a bastion of freedom.
Also horrible tax laws and the dreaded personal property tax.
Yes, but at least they’re quite basic inspections (no OBDII or emissions or stuff like that) and they recently changed from being every 1 year to every 2 years. I’ve lived here for 11 years and love it!
Ah yes – lay back and enjoy that rape!
I’d you can’t stop it, might as well enjoy it.
I would go to a state with at least a 75 mph speed limit. States with higher speed limits generally treat motorists better. Oklahoma and Texas are good and their taxes aren’t ridiculous. Texas property tax can be bad, but Oklahoma is a good state. Lots to do.
Texas property taxes are a wild card right now. A “reform” passed by voters in November 2023 simply kicked the can down the proverbial road by using the $17 billion state surplus to “compress” tax rates and temporarily raise the homestead exemption. The result was a huge gift to local schools and cities who were facing dramatic budget cuts heading into 2024 but instead used the two elections since then to pass bond issues without voters being aware of the true costs.
Texas will be “blue” soon. Find another place.
Morning, Roscoe!
I don’t think there is another place. That’s the problem. It will not be solved until the moral problem that afflicts so many people is solved. That problem being the urge to push other people around and make them pay for things they do not want but which others say they “need.” How to address this problem? God only knows – if he exists.
I just mentioned this idea in another thread, how about two places? That’s what we did 10yrs ago. Deep blue place and deep red place. Both have pluses and minuses. It’s very hard to ‘add’ another place. But the reward has been life changing to me and half-so for my wife and kids.
We just did an addition to make the ‘vacation’ red place more of a real home and I can’t wait to get there for a long summer. I’m burnt out from the hustle and bustle lifestyle of our blue place.
RG, You could move – just sayin’
Hopefully you appreciate the joke
Hi BID,
If I move it will be a houseboat parked in the Caribbean.
I’m not much of a beach person but all that matters is that you’re happy!!
I wish the rest of the world thought like you…😉
Sears is a great in her current position, I think she’s a strong contender, Spanbitch needs to go down! I’m getting plenty of promotional materials, but in VA the republicans don’t know how to distribute signage! I’ll have to make my own.
It’ll be important what Trump does if anything to ensure it’s a fair election. And with the incumbent governor, there’s a fair shot at it.
That’s one thing about VA I hate! My communist neighbors!
Thanks for the reminder RG. Definitely pushing my buttons. I’ll be making my own sign, If however pointless. My district 4 is the one with Jennifer McClellan, i.e. bestie of “we don’t know what all they have on us” Maxine Waters.
States that are most zealously pushing EVs continually push mixed messages around them. Given that people who LOVED Teslas as recently as last year now HATE Teslas and some have even set Teslas on fire, how much of a “Carbon footprint” does that emit, especially when EV fires are notoriously difficult to extinguish. And aren’t there also efforts to BAN Tesla dealerships in states such as New York?
‘Trump has yet to prevent regulations issued by CARB at the state level.’ — eric
Unusually, the Orange Emperor has deigned to leave this matter to the House of Ill Repute — which HAS acted on the matter, after a fashion. I laffed my ass off at APe News’ totally inverted headline:
US House votes to block California’s nation-leading [sic] vehicle emissions rules
‘The Republican-controlled House voted [May 1] to block California from enforcing first-in-the-nation rules phasing out the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.
‘Republicans used the Congressional Review Act. But the California standards cannot legally be blocked using the CRA, the Government Accountability Office said in March.
‘The Senate Parliamentarian in April reaffirmed the GAO’s findings that California’s Clean Air Act waivers are not subject to the Congressional Review Act, according to California Sen. Adam Schiff’s office.
‘“We will fight this latest attack on California’s power to protect its own residents, and I will urge my colleagues in the Senate to recognize the severe implications of proceeding with this violation of states’ rights, as well as the dangerous precedent it would set by flouting the unanimous opinion of Congress’ trusted arbiters,” the Democrat said in a statement.’
https://apnews.com/article/congress-california-house-cars-climate-vehicle-emissions-95850a7089668198653778ea89a9ee41
HA HA HA HA — little Adam Schitt, rabbiting on about “states’ rights” — it is to laugh, comrades!
But yeah, this performative legislation by the House ain’t gonna get her done. It will take deeper, root-and-branch reform to smash the Commiefornia coup d’etat.
Colorado is becoming more East California all the time.
Colorado Wildlife & Biodiversity Protection Act
● Establish an independent Wildlife & Ecosystem Conservation Commission (WECC)
to oversee species protection while working in collaboration with existing federal and
state agencies (another layer of bureaucracy)
● Create a Colorado Wildlife Corridor Network to connect fragmented habitats without
conflicting with existing state-led conservation initiatives. (including private property)
If a property owner “volunteers” to participate in the wildlife corridor network:
● Landowners who voluntarily participate in conservation efforts will receive tax credits
equal to 20% of conservation-related expenses or a property tax reduction
● Land must remain under conservation protection for a minimum of 10 years.
● Protection is defined as maintaining natural habitat conditions, prohibiting
development or harmful land uses, and ensuring connectivity for wildlife
movement.
● WECC must verify land use annually to maintain eligibility.
● New infrastructure projects must be designed to accommodate wildlife movement
but may apply for waivers if they implement approved mitigation measure
Of course that’s the carrot. Here’s the stick:
Fines & Criminal Penalties for Violations
● Illegal destruction of a wildlife corridor: $1,000 per square foot destroyed or the cost of
full habitat restoration, whichever is higher.
● Killing or harming an endangered or keystone species: $500,000 fine and up to 5
years in prison unless part of a state-approved wildlife management program.
https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/initiatives/2025-2026%2520%252352.pdf
Good luck selling your gentleman’s ranch at market value with a wildlife corridor running through it. And what happens when there aren’t enough “volunteers” to build out the network? Will the state just make you an offer that can’t be refused?
Building transportation networks for wolves, while I-70 crumbles.
‘Building transportation networks for wolves, while I-70 crumbles.’ — Ready Kilowatt
Wildlife issues already are being used to block trails desired by hiker and mountain bikers. Here’s Colorado Parks ‘n Wildlife blocking a long-planned trail, arguing that more singletrack on forest land around Rabbit Ears Pass would ‘stress elk herds’ and fragment habitat.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/05/07/cpw-forest-service-mad-rabbit/
What a bureaucratic horror! Here, we need the permission of one (1) USFS district ranger, who lives right here in town, to build new trails. The state of Arizona keeps its mouf shut. The ranger just turned us loose to finish a trail that we started last winter. I am headed to the site right now, as we fire up the mini-excavator and break out the McLeods and Pulaskis.
Maybe it’s not surprising that we get a lot of visitors from Colorado, some of whom just want to breathe the air of freedom.
While Wyoming, Utah and Arizona butt heads with the USFS, NPS and BLM over being too restrictive to citizens on lands (never mind ATF, IRS EPA, DOT in every fiefdom) within their borders Colorado is ticked off that the Feds aren’t being restrictive enough. At this point the legislature should just volunteer to be annexed by California, get it over sooner rather than later as this is the inevitable conclusion.
EVs do not solve the emissions problem—they SHIFT it.
Eric,
Did you catch Lee Zeldin (Head EPA thug) say that he was looking at rolling back the regs that lead to the proliferation of ASS (Auto Start Stop) in modern vehicles?
His Quote:
“Start/stop technology: where your car dies at every red light so companies get a climate participation trophy. EPA approved it, and everyone hates it, so we’re fixing it.”
I almost hate when these guys say some of the right stuff because I want to believe, but I am almost always let down.
I did, Mike –
I plan to write about it. Zeldin’s being disingenuous. I’ll get into the why in the artice I’m working on!
Zeldin is an opportunist and (from someone who knows him from his original Long Island neighborhood) described him as a “social climber.”
He used his status as a veteran (he was a JAG lawyer) to initially help boost his profile.
He’s hardly any sort of principled conservative. Although dude did come within a few points of winning the NY governorship – only because the Clownface Botox Hag of of NY was hated so much.
He is well on his way to becoming a multi-millionaire in some capacity soon – with his snout deeply in the public trough.
The EnviroCommies demand you to dig, little wog, dig…
https://www.fairplanet.org/editors-pick/mining-minors-the-pain-of-african-child-workers/
You would think that ACC would violate the Interstate Commerce Act or later regulations as it’s a restriction of trade? Even if the ACC is considered legal; I fail to see how this could even work as there is insufficient power to even charge 10% EV usage let alone the numbers our masters envision. I won’t even bring up the shortage of sufficient metals or the self immolation features built into the battery packs.