California's War on Gasoline

I know there's a thread on a CA city banning new gas stations , as well as improvements to existing ones. However, the state has fully gone off the rails with it's full fledged attack on gasoline.

I work in the marine industry and just read the latest report from CARB (California Air Resources Board). I'll post it below but in summary, they state:

• The board’s 2020 Mobile Source Strategy Workshop Discussion Draft that was published late last year, says that marine engines represent “a significant source” of THC and NOx emissions in the state.
  
• Proposes implementing new emissions standards that would require reductions of 40% from current levels for all outboard engines rated at less than about 50 hp and cuts of 70% for engines rated at 50 hp and higher.
  
• The new standards would also extend to personal watercraft.
  
• These cuts would come into effect in 2027 and they would basically require the use of catalytic converters to meet the emissions targets.
  
• The draft further proposes eliminating internal combustion outboards of less than 25 horsepower altogether and replacing them with electric motors with a 10-year phase-in period.
  

*** Full Read ***
New CARB Proposals Threaten Future of Outboard Engines
Feb 25, 2021

Serious Cuts

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has issued a new proposal calling for significant cuts to THC and NOx emissions from outboard engines. The board’s 2020 Mobile Source Strategy Workshop Discussion Draft that was published late last year, says that marine engines represent “a significant source” of THC and NOx emissions in the state.

According to International Boating Industry, the document proposes implementing new emissions standards that would require reductions of 40% from current levels for all outboard engines rated at less than about 50 hp and cuts of 70% for engines rated at 50 hp and higher. The new standards would also extend to personal watercraft.

These cuts would come into effect in 2027 and they would basically require the use of catalytic converters to meet the emissions targets. The draft further proposes eliminating internal combustion outboards of less than 25 horsepower altogether and replacing them with electric motors with a 10-year phase-in period.


Portable gasoline-burning outboards like this 6-hp Suzuki would be banned altogether.
A previous CARB proposal calling for cuts to emissions from sterndrive and inboard engines was passed into law with the support of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The legislation impacted the sales of sterndrives and inboards because it effectively mandated the adoption of closed-loop fuel-control systems and catalytic converters, which drove up costs. Needless to say, outboard-engine manufacturers are monitoring the situation closely.

 

yup the madness continues drive out the middle class replace with permanent welfare class socialist utopia forever courtesy of the part in power.

 

This is probably an underlying bigger issue.... this along with these lock downs... Government is already talking about locking down every 2 years to comply with the Paris Climate accord... sooo..... it sounds like a pinser style attack where the attack is coming from all sides as to find no way out, and force people into complying.