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  Morons get elected by morons vote for morons.
context: No other state gets so much representation for so little taxation. >
  
  I think they're like .05 % of the country's annual oil consumption.  Doubt they're going to singlehandedly save the fossil fuel sector >
  
  Aren't they one of the bigger oil producers? >
  
  Kind of. 8th place. CA produces more oil (which makes sense since CA is bigger). Wyoming pales in comparison to an actual oil state like Texas. 
  Now, oil is probably a bigger share of Wyoming’s economy. >
  
  Coal is big in Wyoming a well >
  
  EVs can be coal powered. >
  
  I am at a point where all I can say is “stupid republicans”.  They continue to double down on ignorance, in the name of Party. >
  
  This goes far beyond stupid because it is a willful desire to do harm. The term for that is evil. This is evil. >
  
  Government is just political theater and a waste of money. >
  
  You’re confusing politics with government. Government is simply a structure to manage services. It’s politics that’s ridiculous. Government isn’t some amorphous blob that runs amok. It’s the people in the critical positions that are the problem. Government is essential to a stable society >
  
  Sounds like they will just be forced to only buy used cars from other states then. No one is going to make cars just for a welfare state. >
  
  Not even that.   It's just grandstanding for the base:
  
  SJ4 calls for residents and businesses to limit the sale and purchase of EVs voluntarily, with the goal of phasing them out entirely by 2035. If passed, the resolution would be entirely symbolic. >
  
  In order to stem the tide of famine we are phasing out eating on a voluntary basis. >
  
  get left behind in the dust of global progress by 2035 >
  
  That's exactly what I have been explaining to a lot of thoughtless people, i.e., we (USA) may decide that we don't want to invest in EVs, however, the rest of the world is moving towards EVs and at an increasing rate. We will be left with the ICE technology while the rest of the world will innovate away from ICE. >
  
  I'm sure the world's car manufacturers hang on every word that dribbles out of the Wyoming legislature./s >
  
  Wyoming could vanish from the face of the earth and no one would notice for like two weeks. >
  
  I'd miss Jackson Hole, some pretty awesome skiing. >
  
  You must be loaded. >
  
  Hey hey hey, I haven't had a single drink yet today! >
  
  Ah, I'm just the kind of pleb who will never be able to afford to ski at Jackson. >
  
  the ev industry will never recover from this. state with a population of a single NYC street is totally their target. >
  
  At this point I wouldn't be surprised to see them try and bring back regular gas.   The old school leaded kind from the 70's. >
  
  And the Republican House brought back smoking indoors. Now Representatives can cough like crazy as a fellow member puffs carcinogen laden smoke all over the place.
  Another Republican state legislature has declared that its female members can't have bare arms because that's not "professional" enough. (No such restriction on the male members, though.)
  Republicans are furiously trying to march backwards as quickly as possible. >
  
  But can they bear arms? >
  
  Probably not in the chamber >
  
  Can they arm bears? >
  
  Wyoming has a population of less than 600,000 people. Wyoming has 3 representatives in Congress. 2 senators and a House seat. Washington DC has a population of over 700,000 and no congressional representation at all. >
  
  Three.  One in the House.  Two in the Senate.  Every state has two in the Senate. >
  
  I think maybe one of their senators should get axed for this stunt. >
  
  I for one am anxiously anticipating the new coal powered models from the big three auto manufacturers.  Nice big spacious trunks to carry unspent coal.  ‘They say’ that clean coal is better for the environment than harmful than wind (windmills cause cancer), solar (sun causes cancer) and electric (wokeness causes cancer).   It’s nice to see Wyoming has it all figured out…I sure hope the other red states get their act together before it’s too late to pitch in on global warming. >
  
  Next up, all vehicles by 2045! Only horseback travel from that point on. Then horses banned by 2055 and then walking shoes by 2065.
  Return to Monke by 2075. >
  
  A devious mind would push to pass this as it's only seen as a "joke" and "symbolic", then down the road slip in amendments that remove the voluntary part when people aren't paying as much attention. >
  
  Republicans surely wouldn’t ever do something dishonest like that!!!1 >
  
  Republicans have nothing to offer but culture war bs. >
  
  The horse and buggy will be fine. >
  
  The most dangerous place to stand when Newsom receives his copy of a resolution from the legislature of a state with less population than his 5th largest city, is between his desk and the trash can. >
  
  Ironically, India plans on being 100% electric vehicles by 2035. >
  
  Heck with all the tuk tuks they could do it >
  
  I bet Elon is real happy about them owning the woke treehuggin' Libs. >
  
  Tesla announced layoffs and a hiring freeze, and for the first time ever, discounts of 20%.    I guess making the brand all about an individual was not the greatest idea if that individual is going to emerge as some sort of malignant bigot and alienate the majority of his customer base. >
  
  Or it’s just Wyoming knows that there’s stretches from town to town well over 100 miles on roads with no cell service and definitely no charging stations and good luck surviving in the winter when your stuck on a road for hours on end. Tell me how that’ll work for ya. >
  
  Wait, also, are you arguing for a nanny state where people aren't allowed to make their own choices?
  I thought Republicans said that was bad. 
  I thought true conservatives would say, "you wanna buy an EV? Ok, that's stupid, but that's your choice." 
  What happened to the conservatives? >
  
  A nanny state 😂 I lived in Oregon for 8 years and watched as the state has been destroyed. Portland is one of the worst places you can be in the nation. This nanny state was the first to allow women to vote >
  
  So, nothing to add on the intellectual bankruptcy of today's conservative movement. Just some silly screed about Portland for... Reasons? 
  And let's not kid ourselves. The kind of place banning EVs would not be the first place to allow women to vote these days. Just check out the abortion laws they're trying to pass. 
  Speaking of nanny states. >
  
  Lol Google it? Wyoming was the first to allow women to vote. Liz Cheney was the main voice against Trump. I’m not even a conservative haha I just work as a car salesman in Wyoming and have lived here and know that you’ll be screwed in the winter driving them. We field numerous calls a day from people here that have EV’s and the problems the cold here brings >
  
  Obviously hypotheticals are not your strong suit. 
  I'm saying that today, Wyoming's state-leve Republicans couldn't give two shits about women's rights, unless they are taking them away. >
  
  Where do they think they're going to buy cars from? Won't be GM. >
  
  "so-called climate crisis". Ok, sure >
  
  Lol. For what?  All 12 people living in WY?  Jk >
  
  So much for the free fucking market.
  Conservatives don’t want democracy, they just want to be your dad. >
  
  Senator Boner… huh huh… huh huh… >
  
  Why is a "state" with mere 250,000 people in it has two fucking US Senators?
  What kind of shit political system is this?
  Fuck you founding fathers. >
  
  “Phase out,” is such a funny phrase here. That’s like if the dinosaurs said they planned to phase out mammals by the start of the Cenozoic era. >
  
  Holy shit. Is there lead in the water there? >
  
  Not yet! Give the Republicans another year or two. They can make it happen. I have faith! >
  
  That’s why no one will remember their name >
  
  They going back to the horse and buggy then. >
  
  Their main industry is oil and gas refinement, they don’t want horse and buggy either. They want you to drive a gas guzzler, the lower the MPG, the better. >
  
  Regressives >
  
  Don’t look up. >
  
  Government is just political theater and a waste of money. See? Check this out!
  -Republicans >
  
  A lot of car companies have already pledged to go all electric. If Wyoming actually passed this as a binding law (currently it’s just an unenforceable resolution) they’re gonna end up not having any cars in a couple decades. 
  Also the whole electric grid thing is stupid. It’s already been debunked that electric vehicles would destroy our grid. They’d all have to be charging at once to even have a slight impact. 
  It’s also maddening that even if the grid was a major issue, that the solution is to do nothing instead of bolstering it. Ffs why do republicans hate infrastructure. >
  
  What a terribly written article.  In one breath says this is a stunt but then somehow tries to "both sides" in the next by talking about.... internet access? >
  
  Oh, look at us, we are doing a thing! But it’s voluntary, so we aren’t really doing a thing. Coming from a state that has a smaller population.than Omaha…. >
  
  Wyoming has like 600k people total there influence over car manufacturers is nothing. Once the auto industry is set up to produce electric vehicles that out perform combustion engines at a great cost they will quickly abandon combustion engines and the only vehicles in Wyoming will be used vehicles with sky high gas prices. Mean while California, Washington, oregon and other states will be all electric. >
  
  The people will just have to drive to Colorado to buy an EV >
  
  Very anticapitalist of you Wyoming. What happened to the free market? >
  
  How many people live there? How many are even likely to buy an EV. Seems mostly performative >
  
  Wyoming setting itself up for being a spectacular failed State. >
  
  Yea, except the transportation infrastructure community is moving head-long towards EVs and CAVs.  Source: I work in Traffic Engineering. >
  
  Too bad liberals can’t create a plan to move 100k liberal tech workers to the state and get two US senators and Rep out of it. >
  
  Wyoming is a top coal and nat gas producing state. Where do they think these EVs charging at home every night will get powered? >
  
  30% of Wyoming's energy production is from wind, and that output is projected to double in the next decade.
  And don't forget about efficiency. Even coal or NG produced electricity used to power an EV is a more efficient use of energy than ICE cars. 
  Then there's just the fact that this isn't even serious legislation, it's obviously nothing more than a PR stunt. Do the people of Wyoming not expect their elected officials to actually do real work? Are there not any problems to solve in Wyoming that might be more important to focus attention on? >
  
  of course they do. lets bury them in evs. >
  
  Wyoming is so sparsely populated, and the distances so large, that I don't many EVs would sell there anyway. >
  
  I can see it, 30 years from now and Wyoming is the new Havana...with 50 year-old ICE cars running around and owners forced to fashion their own makeshift parts. >
  
  Seems like this law would violate the US Constitution >
  
  Wyoming also just voted to close all hospitals, all schools, banned canned food, toilet paper, tea, paint and computers. Dumb mfs >
  
  If cars don't run on gas, how will you be able to complain about the democrats when the price of gas goes up? Pissmehoff >
  
  I suppose they’ll switch back to horses in 2035 since only EVs will be on the market. >
  
  Wyoming wants to get left behind in the dust of global progress by 2035 >
  
  Small government…… >
  
  Wtf? >
  
  Are republicans really so dumb that they don’t realize fossil fuels are a finite resource? Shit will be gone in 50 years. Then what? Morons >
  
  Wyoming, rushing boldly backwards! Next they’ll be saying women can’t vote anymore.