CDA
January 17, 2023
The Wyoming, United States, assembly has proposed a resolution to ban electric car sales by 2035.
The change to electric mobility is costing, although little by little there are more and more convinced. However, one state in the United States has taken a symbolic decision which, to say the least, is very peculiar.
And it is that the legislature of Wyoming has proposed a resolution for the Voluntary “phasing out” of EV sales by 2035in a symbolic move aimed at supporting the state’s oil and gas industry and a response to states like California and New York, which have said they will ban the sale of new combustion cars from 2035.
Rather it is a symbolic gesture
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The resolution, introduced by a group of Republican senators, proposes that “the phasing out of the sale of new electric vehicles in Wyoming by 2035 will ensure the stability of Wyoming’s oil and gas industry and will help preserve the country’s critical minerals for vital purposes.”
“The United States has consistently invested in the oil industry and gas to maintain gasoline-powered vehicles and that investment has resulted in the continued employment of thousands of people in the Wyoming-based industry,” the text continues.
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The resolution calls on Wyoming residents to voluntarily reduce the purchase and use of electric vehicles, but it would be a regulation that could not be implemented if it were finally approved. Rather it is a symbolic gesture, which wants to send a signal to society to make it see that Wyoming lives from the extraction and treatment of oil.
The resolution asserts that Wyoming’s grid infrastructure and charging stations cannot support increased EV use unless massive investments are made. They also argue that critical metals in electric vehicle batteries are not easy to find and recyclewhich makes it less valid in the fight against climate change.
