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    From MATTHEW MUNSON@VERT/IUTOPIA to All on Sunday, November 08, 2020 10:12:00
    I know with Biden likely in power and if the Republicans got no influence to block some of
    the insane crap he proposes, gasoline will likely be more restricted. I think hybrid would be
    more logical than electric only cars.
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MATTHEW MUNSON on Monday, November 09, 2020 14:22:00
    I know with Biden likely in power and if the Republicans got no influence to bl
    ck some of
    the insane crap he proposes, gasoline will likely be more restricted. I think h
    brid would be
    more logical than electric only cars.

    Either will be more expensive than anything I would be able to afford.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to MATTHEW MUNSON on Monday, November 09, 2020 07:13:00
    MATTHEW MUNSON wrote to All <=-

    I know with Biden likely in power and if the Republicans got no
    influence to block some of the insane crap he proposes, gasoline will likely be more restricted. I think hybrid would be more logical than electric only cars.

    Ok, that makes no sense to me, could you clarify?

    Gas has never been restricted, but they may add more taxes to
    gasoline (on top of the 80 cents or so we already pay) especially as
    per-gallon revenue plummet - MPG has gone up, people are driving less
    because of COVID and electric vehicles aren't paying gas taxes. And,
    as you know, we're already paying for California-specific
    formulations.

    Or, resurrect the notion of per-mile taxation, but no one's going to
    want to be tracked by the government willingly. Maybe they make
    Fastrak mandatory? There's already been some question as to how
    closely they track individual cars, and Caltrans already got caught
    once collecting more data than was agreed to.



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  • From MATTHEW MUNSON@VERT/IUTOPIA to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 11:04:00
    On 11/9/2020 7:13 AM, POINDEXTER FORTRAN wrote to MATTHEW MUNSON:

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    MATTHEW MUNSON wrote to All <=-

    I know with Biden likely in power and if the Republicans got no influence to block some of the insane crap he proposes, gasoline will likely be more restricted. I think hybrid would be more logical than electric only cars.

    Ok, that makes no sense to me, could you clarify?


    Because we have the Public Safety Power Shutoffs, electric-only is rather crazy. That is
    the big argument.

    Newsom wants to make gasoline cars (new ones gone in 15-20 years)

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