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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: Kate Brown's Parting Gift
Description: Full Text: The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is accepting public comments on proposed regulations that would ban the sale of new gasoline or diesel-powered cars and light trucks after 2034. The only new cars available would be electric vehicles (EVs).
These regulations were first adopted by the state of California on August 25. Now Kate Brown wants Oregonians to live under them as well.
There are many flaws in the proposed rules. First, the average cost of an EV last year was $66,000. Most people won’t be able to afford one.
Second, EVs need re...