California to go electric by 2035 with more climate-friendly vehicles

Let us have more climate-friendly vehicles is the intention of California. It is evolving plans to give more thrust to manufacture vehicles that run on electricity or hydrogen. The state wants to wean people way from gas-powered cars. Automobile manufacturers need to explore alternatives. Of course, people can continue to operate gas-fueled vehicles and purchase used ones after 2035. The broad plan is to permit one-fifth of sales after 2035 to be plug-in hybrids that can run on batteries and gas. It would mean an end to filling up at the local gas station. Moreover, the change over from gas to electric cars will be environment friendly and reduce carbon emissions and air pollutants. Incidentally, California is the seventh-largest oil producing state. Its output is on the decline in view of its willingness to push forward its climate goals. Consequently, the transition might be painful in some parts of the state. California Poised to Phase Out Sale of New Gas-Powered Cars. As Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said - “The climate crisis is solvable if we focus on the big, bold steps necessary to stem the tide of carbon pollution."

The Governor had announced the 2035 goal two years ago. Subsequently, regulators have worked out the details of the action that has to be taken to ensure that our planet can cater to future generations. The road is ridden with practical hurdles. One of these is the scarcity of adequate reliable power and charging stations. At present, there are about 80,000 stations in public places. This is against a requirement of about 250,000 by 2025. The challengers include the lack of infrastructure, access to materials needed to make batteries, and issues related to the supply chain. There is a need for the authorities to address these hurdles. Climate officials in California believe its new policy will be the most ambitious in the world. It has already set clear benchmarks for ramping up electric vehicle sales over the next dozen years. This is now a global target. The European Parliament, Canada and China are in the same frequency.

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The fear of credit cards and ATMs

I have been seeing men in their sunset days for quite a while now and can say that by and large, they all appear to be externally satisfied but, in their heart of hearts, they are a dis-satisfied lot. This arises from their incompatibility with the world around them that is changing at too fast a rate. This is borne out by the ad of mobile phone where the son taunts his father saying that the mobile phone he is using was of ‘yesterday’s standard’.
That is just one example of incompatibility.
Another is the rising popularity of plastic money or credit cards.

Everyone flashes his card for purchasing groceries or to book movie tickets or airline tickets or pay the restaurant bill. Here again, the old-timers are at a disadvantage. They prefer to stand in queue in banks to withdraw money instead of using the ATMs – they have got accustomed to handling bank notes. The very touch of bank notes in the pocket instead of the plastic card gives them a sense of confidence that money is at hand.
Moreover, with reports of cards getting stuck in the ATM or theft of the card and the bank account being looted are matters of grave concern. It the pocket is picked, the loss will be only the money kept in the purse but, when an ATM card is stolen, the thief will ransack the bank account and you will be left with next to nothing.
Mobility is another area of concern for these men and women who are past their prime. Their speed of walking has taken a beating and, even though the heart may be willing, the body does not react as it should. And, this leaves the sunset day crowd disappointed. They want to zoom by on those fancy motorbikes and automobiles –but are stumped by the number of electronic gadgets installed in the vehicles.
To the modern generation, automation is the key to success – robotics is in, manual systems are out. Therefore, cars have a whole lot of sophisticated gadgets installed on and around the steering wheel. The controls of the car resemble the controls of a space ship and the drivers fancy themselves to be astronauts!! (to be continued …)
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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