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Calif. to Get Bill that Would Ban Gasoline Cars by 2040
A California assemblyman says he will introduce a bill in January that in 2040 would ban the registration of any vehicle that emits carbon dioxide.
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A California assemblyman says he will introduce a bill in January that in 2040 would ban the registration of any vehicle that emits carbon dioxide.
Democrat Phil Ting, who represents much of San Francisco and chairs the state assembly’s budget committee, tells Bloomberg News the measure is necessary because, “until you set a deadline, nothing gets done.”
Ting contends that setting a deadline 23 years ahead allows plenty of time to reach a zero-CO2 target for cars. California’s goal is to lower its CO2 emissions 80% by 2050 compared with 1990 levels.
Banning vehicles that burn fossil fuel would have a huge impact on greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said earlier this week that cuts in carbon dioxide emissions from electric power plants in the U.S.—mainly through a massive shift from coal-fired to natural gas generators—have made the transportation sector the country’s largest source of CO2 emissions. That hasn’t been the case since 1978, according to the EIA.
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