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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 5860124" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><h3>Biden is about to make everything you buy more expensive — again</h3><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/2908092/biden-is-about-to-make-everything-you-buy-more-expensive-again/[/URL]</p><p>Under California’s proposed rule, starting in 2030, no train older than 23 years may operate in the state. (Locomotives usually last 40 years.) Starting in 2030, half of all trains must be ”zero-emission” entirely, and by 2035, all trains must be.</p><p>Transitioning from diesel-powered trains to electric trains will be prohibitively expensive, which is why starting in 2026, <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/California" target="_blank">California</a> will require all train companies in the state to set aside almost a billion dollars each to fund an eventual transition to a battery-powered fleet.</p><p>Train companies cannot fund the transition now because the technology for a completely battery-powered train simply does not exist. Freight trains are both enormously large and heavy. They must also operate in the bitter cold and climb steep heights through mountains. Cold weather and steep inclines have proven to reduce the range of truck electric vehicles by half. It would be far worse for freight trains, which carry much heavier loads.</p><p>...since almost all freight train companies operate in California, they would all be forced to start contributing almost a billion dollars a year to the mandatory transition fund. Since 40% of all long-haul freight traffic is delivered by train, this would mean immediate price increases for almost all consumers. Finally, since an operative commercially available prototype does not exist, every train company would face regulatory uncertainty as the 2030 and 2035 fleet mandates kicked in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 5860124, member: 12952"] [HEADING=2]Biden is about to make everything you buy more expensive — again[/HEADING] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/2908092/biden-is-about-to-make-everything-you-buy-more-expensive-again/[/URL] Under California’s proposed rule, starting in 2030, no train older than 23 years may operate in the state. (Locomotives usually last 40 years.) Starting in 2030, half of all trains must be ”zero-emission” entirely, and by 2035, all trains must be. Transitioning from diesel-powered trains to electric trains will be prohibitively expensive, which is why starting in 2026, [URL='https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/California']California[/URL] will require all train companies in the state to set aside almost a billion dollars each to fund an eventual transition to a battery-powered fleet. Train companies cannot fund the transition now because the technology for a completely battery-powered train simply does not exist. Freight trains are both enormously large and heavy. They must also operate in the bitter cold and climb steep heights through mountains. Cold weather and steep inclines have proven to reduce the range of truck electric vehicles by half. It would be far worse for freight trains, which carry much heavier loads. ...since almost all freight train companies operate in California, they would all be forced to start contributing almost a billion dollars a year to the mandatory transition fund. Since 40% of all long-haul freight traffic is delivered by train, this would mean immediate price increases for almost all consumers. Finally, since an operative commercially available prototype does not exist, every train company would face regulatory uncertainty as the 2030 and 2035 fleet mandates kicked in. [/QUOTE]
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