by James Murphy
The New American
On Tuesday, the state of New Jersey announced a plan to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered automobiles by 2035. Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, made the announcement along with the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Shawn LaTourette. Murphy claims that the new state rule will help to alleviate so-called climate change.
With the announcement, the Garden State joins a growing number of states that are putting the climate cart in front of the fossil-fuel horse. California, Vermont, New York, Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, Virginia, Rhode Island, Maryland, and Connecticut have created similar rules looking to ban efficient reliable vehicles in favor of more expensive and less reliable electric vehicles (EVs).
Restrictions on new gas-powered light-duty vehicles will begin in New Jersey in model year 2027 and ramp up to a complete ban on new vehicle sales by 2035. The new rule does not ban ownership of gas-powered vehicles, nor does it ban the sale of used cars that use fossil fuels…
“The ban won’t improve air quality or change the weather,” Steve Milloy of Junk Science posted on X. “It will just make driving more expensive and less convenient, and reduce your standard of living.”
