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Heavier EV’s Not Funding California Roadways

Ronald Stein
USA
2023
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One billion internal combustion engine cars give eight billion people much better mobility. Anti-fossil fuel alarmists demand switching to electric vehicles with batteries that cause tremendous pollution and operating problems. This will do nothing to change CO2 in the atmosphere. Just lower living standards for all but the very rich. Thanks to Ronald Stein for his articles about the importance of fossil fuels and internal combustion engine autos.

California has almost 400,000 miles of roadways used by the State’s 31 million vehicles. Those roadways are heavily dependent on road taxes from fuels that contribute more than $8.8 billion annually, the same gas tax revenues that also fund many environmental programs. That revenue source will be diminishing in the decades ahead as EV’s begin to replace internal combustion engine vehicles.

This situation pales to my disappointment that our leaders are oblivious to the fact that fossil fuels made it possible for humanity to grow from 1 to 8 billion in 200 years, because they can be manufactured into thousands of usable, life-enhancing and life-saving products. On the other hand, renewables can only generate occasional electricity, but cannot manufacture anything for humanity.