“We are destroying these bikes,” Spitzer announced to cheers. “They’re going to be crushed!” In just over two hours, residents surrendered more than 1,000 e-bikes and e-motorcycles. [More]
Gun “buybacks” were just a warm-up.
Imagine what else the state with its armed enforcers might demand under the right set of circumstances.
And Todd Spitzer’s a NRA A+ rated Republican, which is instructive on how they behave when the feel they can get away with it.
[Via Brent M]
Over the past thee decades, California has alienated and all but annihilated its sectors of manufacturing, financial services, aerospace, timber/logging, real estate/homebuilding, pharmaceuticals/distribution, chemicals, wholesale trade, and related engineering/construction services.
We should give them a pass for committing deliberate wholesale destruction — it’s the only thing they’re still good at.
A few questions spring to mind:
– Given California’s slew of onerous and incomprehensible “environmental protection” laws, what’s the plan for all the lithium-based batteries in those e-bikes and e-motorcycles?
– Relatedly, what about the other heavy metals in the motors and other components?
– Has an environmental impact study been done on the potential outcomes and hazards of crushing all these e-bikes and e-motorcycles — and their various components and parts?
– Since the state has what can only be described as a “vendetta” against petroleum-powered anything and electric vehicles were touted as the solution, what changed to make destroying e-bikes and e-motorcycles something to be cheered?
– Given the aforementioned “vendetta,” what is the proposal to make sure the people dependent on e-bikes and e-motorcycles can still get to their productive (i.e. tax-paying) jobs?
In short, what I’m seeing is a local government pushing a large pile of directly-contradictory agendas, and a bunch of people too stupid, too indoctrinated, or too well-paid (as in, “paid protesters”) to see the disconnects or ask relevant questions.
But…
But…
GLOBAL WARMING!!!