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The Cult of Climastrology tells us what restrictions and such they want to put on Other People: you just have to listen to what they say, yet, too many fall for the scam. This comes from the New Jersey Department Of Environmental Protection, which doesn’t seem to have given up its own use of fossil fueled vehicles

No gas-powered cars, no heating oil for homes. Climate report calls for major action

New Jersey has met a short-term goal of trimming carbon emissions but must make radical changes to transportation, electric generation, construction and industry if it is to achieve a much bigger reduction by the middle of the century, the Department of Environmental Protection said Thursday.

In a report on progress toward a legal requirement of cutting emissions by 80% from 2006 levels by 2050, the DEP called for “steep and permanent” reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions within the “next several years.”

Unless the state puts itself on a path to rapidly phase out fossil fuels and adopt renewables on a wide scale, its people will see the increasing effects of climate change including sea-level rise, increases in temperature and precipitation, chronic flooding, bigger storms and longer droughts, the “80×50” report said.

See, they have to attempt to scare people to get them to Comply with paying more taxes and fees, dealing with their cost of living skyrocketing, and giving up freedom, liberty, and choice.

Achieving transportation’s share of the shift would require a massive change in how new cars, SUVs and light-duty trucks are powered, the report said. It calculated that 88% of those vehicles would have to be driven by electricity or hydrogen by 2030, rising to 100% by 2035. For electric vehicles, that would mean expanding their number by 111,000 a year until 2035 from the current rate of only 8,000 a year, the report said.

Anyone ever been in NJ traffic? Good luck not running out while sitting in it (just like in California which is looking to do the same). Of course, you can bet it will be mandated that people take the bus or train to work rather than their own vehicle, plus, people won’t be able to really afford those pure electric vehicles, especially since power will be scarce and expensive.

And it said the experience of millions of people working from home rather than commuting to offices during the COVID-19 pandemic “provides an opportunity to realize significant short-term emissions reductions in the transportation sector.”

Looks like they want people pretty much staying home all the time.

Residential and commercial sectors account for the second-largest share of emissions, 26%, and the report said they must fall by 89% by 2050 to meet the overall target. That could be achieved in part by phasing out the use of heating oil and propane, which together account for about 10% of New Jersey residences. Legislation or directives from the Board of Public Utilities could be used to achieve a conversion of new building stock, starting at 22% by 2030, rising to 90% by 2050.

Say goodbye to your gas stove and heating, along with your propane grill, among others. Solar can provide adequate heat on a cold winter night, right? Right?

The New Jersey Business & Industry Association called the report a “first step” toward setting needed policy on reducing emissions, but said the absence of cost estimates limited its usefulness.

“It’s perfectly OK to do the analysis and say, ‘here’s where we think we need to go,’” said Ray Cantor, the BIA’s vice president of government affairs. “But DEP said there is really no analysis as to what this is going to cost, there is no analysis as to whether our energy system would actually be reliable as a result. It’s a starting point for the detailed conversations but it’s absolutely not how we should move forward.”

Cost? Pfft. There’s no need to worry about cost when you are Saving The World. When NJ gives this a whirl, and it is a when, not an if, the NJ Business and Industry Association will surely be among the first to bitch about their cost increases. NJ should try this. Like I’ve said, we need experimental groups to show us what happens.