You may have heard that California has been struggling to keep the lights on as its anti-carbon mandates reduce the supply of base electric power. Gavin Newsom now wants to bring that same genius to transportation with an executive order banning the sale of gas-powered cars in the state by 2035. Mr. Newsom acknowledged last month that his state’s mandate requiring that 60% of electricity come from renewables by 2030 and 100% by 2045 had resulted in a power shortage and left millions of Californians in the dark amid a...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 25, 2020 23:03 UTC