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Comment From: Tenney Singer

10/13/22 @ 7:07 PM
Mandating electric vehicles without the giant and reliable infrastructure to support them is plainly absurd. We have plenty of God-given oil to run our massive society: not only cars, but industrial machinery, diesel trucks and trains, farm equipment...↓
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Comment From: Reynaldo Miller

10/13/22 @ 7:04 PM
There will be negative impacts to our State economy, business growth, and to our society should a ban in gas powered vehicles be initiated.
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Comment From: Pamela Johnson

10/13/22 @ 6:58 PM
Electric car batteries are an environmental tragedy in the making.
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Comment From: Ela Short-Conner

10/13/22 @ 6:58 PM
Stop with this nonsense. Electric cars create more environmental damage than gas powered vehicles
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Comment From: Karen Welinski

10/13/22 @ 6:55 PM
Washington state does not have the infrastructure to support all electric cars. Before we put mandates in place we need to make sure our power grid can handle electric. I do not want to have power outages due to not enough power to handle the elect...↓
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Comment From: Clayton Braun

10/13/22 @ 6:52 PM
Requiring the sale of only electric vehicles by 2035 is unrealistic, burdensome, and a restriction on personal Freedoms of the citizenry of this state. Additionally, the goal is unnecessary.

Delete this unbelievably dumb idea.
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Comment From: David Samons

10/13/22 @ 6:52 PM
I think if we mandate gas powered vehicles not to be made anymore that will make things a lot worse.
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Comment From: Bruce Anderson

10/13/22 @ 6:48 PM
There is not enough infrastructure to support electric vehicles nor in power outage circumstances is it possible to charge.
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Comment From: Marcus Acosta

10/13/22 @ 6:41 PM
You are asking too much for the average person on fixed incomes to buy electric cars without the infrastructure to provide more power plants. If you were truly serious about this, you'd be building next generation nuclear power plants to produce enou...↓
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Comment From: Travis Wilbur

10/13/22 @ 6:33 PM
This mandate is a recipe for disaster.

It has been shown that these electric cars do not hold a charge for as long as necessary for any given operator. Long distance travel will be next to impossible. Charging times for these cars will be unbearable, ...↓

Furher Jay Inslee needs to start using his head, start listening to the people he supposedly serves, and stop trying to copy the "cool kids" in California. The disaster that is California is not an adequate role model for Washington.

This mandate is a recipe for disaster.
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Comment From: Carlos Diaz

10/13/22 @ 6:31 PM
WA voters do not want to follow California's lead on anything.
Your Rulemaking especially on the Clean Vehicles Program and General Regulations for Air Pollution Sources are not what the citizens want.
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Comment From: Mary Lou Mcmeins

10/13/22 @ 6:31 PM
EV cars are very expensive and there are not enough charging stations to make them practical. I have a friend with an EV car and she has to borrow my gas car to go some places.
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Comment From: Patrick Brinkman

10/13/22 @ 6:25 PM
We are going the wrong way in this state. You don't even gave a infrastructure to handle electric vehicles. You will fell to achieve this dumb changeover. Quit copying California. I glad to be leaving this state in the future.
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Comment From: Chad Galloway

10/13/22 @ 6:25 PM
It's unconstitutional for the state to tell people what type of vehicles they can buy. Like did you work hard for the money That we earned?? No? Didn't think so. They pass this law and I see people stopping buying new cars. What's next, are they goin...↓
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Comment From: Michael DePrati

10/13/22 @ 6:22 PM
Where do you think electricity comes from?
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Comment From: S L Melton

10/13/22 @ 6:01 PM
It would be much wiser to support hybrid vehicles while working on improving the infrastructure to eventually move to green...still need fossil fuels to generate electricity...wind and water not going to be sufficient...
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Comment From: Frederick Michael Brady

10/13/22 @ 5:55 PM
As usual, Jay Inslee is wrong and out of touch with reality. I won't get started on the long list of his wrong decisions, only to say that most of them raise taxes and make Washington a less safe place to live. And then there's his proposal to ban th...↓
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Comment From: Joni Morrell

10/13/22 @ 5:52 PM
Re: Clean Vehicles Program and General Regulations for Air Pollution Sources. I am opposed to banning the purchase of gas-powered vehicles by 2035 - or any specific timeframe. As a retired citizen on a fixed income, I do not have the desire or financ...↓
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Comment From: erik life

10/13/22 @ 5:46 PM
california is run by morons do not follow them. and get all the moron democrats out of office here in wa state also
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Comment From: Daniel Crooks

10/13/22 @ 5:37 PM
EV'S are the future, but the cart before the horse mentality will never work. There's not enough wind, solar or hydro to cover all energy needs. � So that leaves us with nuclear, hydrogen, natural gas and fossil fuels. We will need all of these to ev...↓
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Comment From: David Madison

10/13/22 @ 5:37 PM
I think this state needs to quit ripping off the tax payers
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Comment From: paul moulton

10/13/22 @ 5:34 PM
sick of this moron and his taxes andgames
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Comment From: Rex Bell

10/13/22 @ 5:33 PM
EV Vehicles are too expensive.
Plus when the battery die, it costs a lot of money to replace. Also where do you think electric power comes from. And the weight of the Vehicles.
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Comment From: Teresa Dichesare

10/13/22 @ 5:29 PM
This insanity must STOP!!
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Comment From: Gregory Winchell

10/13/22 @ 5:28 PM
We do NOT need an EV mandate. These proposals above need not be enacted. Hands off our cars!
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Comment From: Amanda Lowman

10/13/22 @ 5:26 PM
Washington state needs to allow people to make their own decision on whether or not to buy an electric vehicle. If EV cars make sense economically and are durable and reliable, people will buy them. The government shouldn't be allowed to tell peopl...↓
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Comment From: Ronald Ulrich

10/13/22 @ 5:25 PM
I favor greater transparency by a committee of qualified,neutral expert,scientific representatives of academia and industry to determine the feasibility of what the Rules changes entail. I do not favor a bureacratic answer. Nor, do I favor one man's ...↓
Thank you. - A Concerned Citizen
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Comment From: Shawn Cook

10/13/22 @ 5:25 PM
I don't think it's right for any entity to tell me how I'm allowed to spend my hard earned dollars. If I choose to purchase a non electric car, I should be able to choose freely without penalty.
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Comment From: Brad Drew

10/13/22 @ 5:25 PM
This is nonsense. We cannot possibly have an infrastructure to support electric vehicles to this level, and you all know it. But you're more interested in politics than WA taxpayers. There are multiple other options that work with fuel that revers...↓
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Comment From: Marsha Iddings

10/13/22 @ 5:24 PM
As far as I can see this is not a well thought out idea. It is unaffordable for the general population, therefore it is discriminatory against those who need transportation and can't afford it. It restricts our rights to freedom of movement as well....↓
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Comment From: Eric Stelter

10/13/22 @ 5:22 PM
As a former Tesla owner I can tell you that electric cars are good only under a narrow set of circumstances— adequate infrastructure, storage and generation of power. Our state has none of these, and I am pretty involved in working on mobility and tr...↓
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Comment From: Ronald Dahlen

10/13/22 @ 5:21 PM
The electric vehicle mandate is ridiculous.
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Comment From: Jeffrey Conner

10/13/22 @ 5:19 PM
Until you get the electrical grid fixed throughout all of Washington, it isn't going to work making people buy electric calls, Hell, 95 percent of the people living in Washington can't afford an electric car let alone a new car, you people need to st...↓
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Comment From: Richard Schultz

10/13/22 @ 5:18 PM
This mandate is ridiculous, it puts the cart way before the horse. Infrastructure first! The vehicles will then come.
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Comment From: Jennifer Dressel

10/13/22 @ 5:18 PM
I DO NOT support the mandate for WA State to only sell electric vehicles by 2035. This is not acceptable!
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Comment From: Jeff Dye

10/13/22 @ 5:17 PM
Please stop this craziness!. Allow it to happen naturally. people will change as you have increased gas prices to the point it is hutting all the families of Washington
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Comment From: Energy Works LLC (Richard Vulliet)

10/13/22 @ 5:12 PM
I am in the Energy Business providing energy efficient options to customers. However I feel we are pushing to hard and going ditch to ditch with out a true plan that will not hurt the average citizen.
Everyone wants to be good stewards of the environ...↓
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Comment From: Ruth Koffler

10/13/22 @ 5:11 PM
I do not approve of demanding that all Washingtonians have to purchase electric vehicles. This is a total waste of tax payers money as the vehicles can not go as far as a gas powered car before it has to stop and recharge, which recharging takes hou...↓
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Comment From: Jordan Brown

10/13/22 @ 5:11 PM
Inslee hasn't had an original thought in 20 years.
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Comment From: Eric Duensing

10/13/22 @ 5:06 PM
This is by far government out reach. I want the right to choose the vehicle I want to purchase. Especially seeing that the electrical grid can't handle the demand on electric grid.
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Comment From: Douglas Trussell

10/13/22 @ 5:06 PM
By states doing this they are giving control of our country and reducing jobs in the country. This is absurd for this people who have to commute for two hours in the Seattle traffic jams this will cause an issue. Furthermore this will cause blackou...↓
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Comment From: Eugene Dron

10/13/22 @ 5:05 PM
You fools, no wonder people hate you... stop making dumb rules for us... you've fucked up enough things in this state of ours!!!!!
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Comment From: Rich Medved

10/13/22 @ 2:44 PM
The idea of disallowing internal combustion vehicles to be sold in WA does not recognize reality. We don't have the quantity of "charging stations" to permit unrestrained movement. And, WA does not have sufficient electricity generating capacity to m...↓

Some of the materials (cobalt) going into the batteries mostly comes from Africa and a large portion is mined by children, many as young as six, forced to work for $1/day.. Lithium, essential for the battery, is controlled by our enemy, China, and the major world-wide supplier of batteries is China using slave labor.

Recycling of these batteries is virtually impossible so the must be buried, but not in my backyard. To replace that battery you're looking at a $15,000 - $20,000 expense.

This is an extremely bad idea that only a politician would love and must be stopped. Want to do something useful? Consider hybrid cars. Mfgs say that they can make 6 hybrids with the amount of battery material that it takes to make one ecar.
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Comment From: D. Sharp

10/13/22 @ 12:39 PM
Electric Vehicle (EV) use mandated by law is, in short, against the Constitution of the United States of America.

There are many barriers to entry for a mandated use of electric vehicles, a few are listed below.

• The Country clearly does not have the ...↓

• How is it remotely realistic to think mandating EV use can be supported by the current infrastructure that will not be robustly increased by 2026? This is not feasible or realistic. Even if the idea is for a gradual phased approach, there is nothing in place to secure the infrastructure required to meet the demands generate by EV created by the proposed unconstitutional mandate.

• Understand the requirements to create EV batteries and disposal of those batteries. The batteries alone create a greater hazard than the challenge that is being professed to address. The number of years it has taken to bring us to where we are due to greenhouse gases versus how quickly (less than a decade) of hazards that are/will be create from EV batteries manufacturing, use, and disposal.

Do not point to California and say, "they did it, we can too."

Demonstrate Washington State and the United States of America has performed due diligence to address the major concerns listed above and then take it to a national vote before you restrict my liberties on what I can purchase, drive, or how to live.

I love the United States of America, I was born and raised here, I pick-up litter, I am mindful about recycling, reusing, my carbon footprint and I contribute to the well-being of the planet. I am not inclined to give up my God given rights or those identified in the Constitution of the United States of America.

This EV mandate is not the answer to the problem you seek to resolve.
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

10/13/22 @ 12:31 PM
Not ok this is ridiculous
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Comment From: SJ Emerson

10/13/22 @ 12:15 PM
I'm Washington born and raised, I live in a rural area and I fully support this plan.

I would like to see the date for the end of new fossil fueled vehicle sales to be able to be made sooner if the market shows sales of ZEVs are greater than fossil fu...↓
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Comment From: Kathleen Fitzpatrick

10/13/22 @ 11:59 AM
Electric vehicles do not solve an energy crisis nor accomplish cleaner air because the electricity has to be produced via dams, coal or other fuel, or nuclear power. Additionally this country does not have the sources to safe produce the batteries f...↓
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Comment From: Jim McConnell

10/13/22 @ 11:40 AM
As a researcher, I believe in following science, logic, and policies that do the most good for the greatest number of people. Please see the attached letter that I wrote on fuel usage, emissions, the environment, and policy. Sincerely, Jim McConnell
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Comment From: L B

10/13/22 @ 11:25 AM
Completely absurd! EV cars are for the rich!, who can afford a car that cost 60K-to 100K on minimum wage?
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Comment From: Paula Holmes-Eber

10/13/22 @ 10:54 AM
Dear Adam Saul,

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed Clean Vehicles Program rule. I strongly support the adoption of Advanced Clean Cars II, the Heavy-Duty Omnibus Low NOx Rule, and the Fleet Reporting Requirement.

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We need to switch to clean vehicles to stop polluting our air. I don't want vehicles that spew fumes driving through my neighborhood and polluting my lungs, and I want everyone who drives to have access to clean vehicles. This is why Advanced Clean Cars II and its equity provisions are important. So is the Heavy-Duty Omnibus Low NOx Rule, which improves emission standards for large vehicles.

It is also important to gather more information on our transportation system so we can better address the harms it is causing–not only to the environment, but sometimes to workers through poor labor practices. This is why the Fleet Reporting Requirement is an important piece of this regulation.

Every new vehicle sold that is powered by fossil fuels is a missed opportunity. Relying on polluting vehicles hurts the climate and our health. It also makes us beholden to oil companies that bring in record profits while raising prices. We need clean options in Washington.

I strongly support this rule and thank the Department of Ecology for its hard work.
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Comment From: Tyler Rowland

10/13/22 @ 10:29 AM
I understand the desire for clean air. I also understand the economics and infrastructure isn't ready for everyone to have an EV. As California proved this September when a heat wave settled in over nearly the entire state EV charging was restricted ...↓
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Comment From: Dennis Schmit

10/13/22 @ 10:18 AM
It is bad politics and bad for the environment to require only Electric cars by any date in the future. If the technology can't sell its self in the open market place then it is not a viable solution to future transportation needs of people or busine...↓
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Comment From: Donna Berg

10/13/22 @ 9:53 AM
this move is destructive to our economy and the financial well being of our citizens. this isn't "transition", it's elimination. fossil fuels are vital to us. alternatives can be cultivated without destroying them. going "the way of California" is go...↓
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Comment From: Jeff Thiel

10/13/22 @ 9:48 AM
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed Clean Vehicles Program rule. I strongly support the adoption of Advanced Clean Cars II, the Heavy-Duty Omnibus Low NOx Rule, and the Fleet Reporting Requirement.

Washington needs to adopt Advanc...↓

We need to switch to clean vehicles to stop polluting our air. I don't want vehicles that spew fumes driving through my neighborhood and polluting my lungs, and I want everyone who drives to have access to clean vehicles. This is why Advanced Clean Cars II and its equity provisions are important. So is the Heavy-Duty Omnibus Low NOx Rule, which improves emission standards for large vehicles.

It is also important to gather more information on our transportation system so we can better address the harms it is causing–not only to the environment, but sometimes to workers through poor labor practices. This is why the Fleet Reporting Requirement is an important piece of this regulation.

Every new vehicle sold that is powered by fossil fuels is a missed opportunity. Relying on polluting vehicles hurts the climate and our health. It also makes us beholden to oil companies that bring in record profits while raising prices. We need clean options in Washington.

I strongly support this rule and thank the Department of Ecology for its hard work.

Sincerely,

Jeff THiel
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Comment From: Richard Daniels

10/13/22 @ 9:43 AM
Currently, approximately 25% of the electricity used in Kitsap County is created by burning coal. This percentage would increase with the implementation of the grossly misnamed "clean air" vehicles act. The more electricity needed, the more coal wi...↓

Battery operated vehicles are not cost effective in production or operation, and are inadequate for farmers, ranchers and those who live a greater distance from services. When more people get stuck in traffic jams or use up their battery's power in the winter or snow, more people will realize the foolishness of this mandate. But then it will be too late.
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Comment From: Rob Melsen

10/13/22 @ 9:21 AM
I'm against the rules in chapter 173-423 WAC & 173-400 WAC Because it's based on human caused climate change, which is false and based on one sided studies.
Our climate is always changing, look at the multiple ice ages in the past, there was over a mi...↓
Also why latest studies found that there's a heatwave happing on the planet Jupiter, caused by sun bursts by our sun, the average temperature on Mars is also raising. (reference NASA/Hubble)

Then our infrastructure & power grid is not capable to support all these vehicles with the plan that we only can heat & cool all our homes with electricity, to change all this would be very expensive.

The results of the "New green deal" is going to be disastrous to the world, China will be globally energy dominant, with more wars going to happen and where the poorest populations going to suffer the most with this energy shift.

It's much better to invest in research and development of a different energy source for as we will one day eventually run out of fossil fuels.
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

10/13/22 @ 8:41 AM
Too expensive, not enough electricity to support these vehicles. Let us as individuals make our own choices. Why is this being forced on us? Just like long term health care. We do not want this forced on us
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Comment From: Maurice L. Hooks, PhD, PE (retired)

10/13/22 @ 8:33 AM
My Vote is NO!!!!!! This is absolute Lunacy!
I had thought to provide a dissertation on the technical and economic faults with the proposal, however, after reading more of Inslee's statements, I understand the effort would be useless! As with Covid ...↓
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Comment From: Barry Teats

10/13/22 @ 8:30 AM
The state does not have the infrastructure to accommodate an all EV's law. Can't drive any distance for holidays or vacations. What about old battery disposal? How can most people afford a good EV?
Leave the power source for vehicles up to the indi...↓
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Comment From: Jack Kellum

10/13/22 @ 8:26 AM
Living in rural Eastern Washington, I'm witness to all sorts of current infrastructure that is struggling to keep pace. Cell phone towers, current power grids, road maintenance and as winter approaches, snow plowing.
It's not uncommon to get caught ...↓
Currently in Spokane I've seen exactly one charge station that was installed at a Drs. office by Avista power for charging two vehicles at once. There were at least 30 vehicles there. Tell me how that will work out in the winter.
Speaking of winter, batteries have shorter charge holding ability in cold weather and will have to run heaters, wipers, window heaters and defrosters. How will that work out.
I feel there is a need for electric vehicles but should by no means be mandatory. Phase them in slowly over a 50 year period.
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Comment From: mae vio

10/13/22 @ 8:18 AM
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Comment From: Hans Johnsen

10/13/22 @ 7:50 AM
It seems the state is willing to shoot itself in the foot in pushing for EV-only car sales while simultaneously trying to eliminate the Snake River Dam system - one of the few sources of energy in the state that could feasibly offset the hidden envir...↓
I'm in support of figuring out alternative power sources, but so far EV's are a massive failure and will likely still be by 2035. Should Washington legislators push for the expansion of nuclear and/or hydro-electric power, EV's will become a far more feasible form of transportation but I will still fight against any measure that continues to attempt government enforcement of environmental policy.
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Comment From: Richard Siegle

10/13/22 @ 6:36 AM
Let the People decide.... If EV's are good, and priced reasonable then ok people will do what the rest.
Stop mandating stupid laws for the people, you have become as bad as the communisis.
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Comment From: Mary Lou Burns

10/13/22 @ 6:21 AM
I am totally opposed to banning gas powered vehicles in Washington state. Electric cars are too expensive for the average working family. This makes no sense at all.
Farmers will continue to need gas powered equipment to run their farms. Why is it t...↓
Do not restrict our choice of fuel. For those who can afford an electric car, fine. Do not make it mandatory that we all must purchase one.
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Comment From: Emmett Richards

10/13/22 @ 5:12 AM
We should let the private sector determine through innovation and profit driven technology when it is time to move from fossil fuel vehicles to some alternative. Mandating the end of our proven mode of transportation, for both people and goods, will...↓
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Comment From: Natalie McBride

10/13/22 @ 3:18 AM
First of all my family cannot afford a $66,000.00 ev.
Second of all, the power grid cannot sustain the usage, you know it, we all know it.
Thirdly the harvesting of cobalt is full of child labor and terrible for the world environment.
This is a power gr...↓
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Comment From: Pamela Bennetsen

10/13/22 @ 1:21 AM
I am not for this as we are retired and barely drive 5000 miles each year on our cars. A road trip has become very expensive and we are keeping the cars we have until our children take our keys away.We will not be able to afford a new car. I've had e...↓
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Comment From: Robert Holm

10/12/22 @ 9:21 PM
This is the most underhanded, cowardly action I have ever seen, especially by supposed mature adults. I was born in California and left as a child. Seeing the state of affairs now, there is no way I'd move back. But now, due to the ridiculous decisio...↓
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Comment From: Robert Davis

10/12/22 @ 7:26 PM
The State should be doing a thorough evaluation of both technical and economic factors that are involved in a major decision of this kind and their effect on our state and its citizens. Climate proponents offer cult-like statements about climate and ...↓
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Comment From: Ashley Forbes

10/12/22 @ 7:16 PM
Move to California if you want to be like them. Leave our state alone
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Comment From: Don Driscoll

10/12/22 @ 6:46 PM
I support the rule changes to 173-423 WAC and 173-400 WAC. Washington State should adopt emissions and auto mileage standards with a goal towards zero emissions cars by 2035. We need more hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles on Washingtons ...↓
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Comment From: Norman Oakes

10/12/22 @ 6:44 PM
I am against prohibiting the sales of gas powered vehicles after the year 2035.

The average electric vehicle would be prohibitive (greater than 60,000). The infrastructure would cost billions and would take years to build. Electrical grid upgrades t...↓

It has never been determined that global warming is only human caused. Our planet goes through many natural cycles and we are just in one of them. We need to drill our oil and use it efficiently to give our nation preeminence once again.
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Comment From: Kevin Woodland

10/12/22 @ 6:06 PM
We should NOT tie our regulations to California.
We need to build more Hydroelectric Dams and NOT tear any down
We need to build small and reliable Nuclear Power Reactors. Like the ones on US Navy subs & ships, that I serviced while working for PSNS.
El...↓
We don't have sufficient electric power to switch to EVs.
The environmental costs of making and servicing EVs is greater than conventional vehicles.
EVs won't work for an emergency evacuation - Please note what just happened to EVs in Florida.
State Leaders should already be aware of the FACTS related to my comments.
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Comment From: Mike Smyth

10/12/22 @ 5:28 PM
The climate is doing just fine. CO2 has no significant effect on the climate. The Sun and the oceans are the primary drivers of the climate. El Nino and La Nina Pacific Ocean states cause short term changes in temperature and precipitation. CO2 plays...↓

https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2022-10-11-joining-battle-over-the-science-of-global-warming



It is not the job of government to tell me what kind of car I can own. Any restriction is a violation of my 1st Amendment rights and a violation of my equal protection rights. Electric cars still are carbon emitters, those emissions occur at the power plant instead of the tail pipe. The overall emissions will be much higher because of all of the inefficiencies in generating the electricity, transporting it to the charging station and into the battery.

You have entered into an illegal compact with California. All interstate compacts must be approved by Congress. You have not obtained that permission, so tying our standards to theirs is illegal.
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Comment From: Mark Ozanich

10/12/22 @ 5:27 PM
I object to adopting California's rules on vehicles. It's absurd and not feasible!
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Comment From: Guy Chan

10/12/22 @ 4:08 PM
There will be, at least, tens of millions of fossil fuel powered vehicles around the world that will stick around for a long time. The bodies and the interior accessories of many of these vehicles will still be in reasonably good shape. Imagine the r...↓
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Comment From: Matt Hamilton

10/12/22 @ 4:02 PM
I read over most of the comments & it looks like 10 oppose for every supporter. Most of the supporters used the same form letter. The people against it spoke from the heart about price of EVs, electrical capacity to charge EVs, the mandate of havin...↓
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Comment From: donald McCart

10/12/22 @ 3:59 PM
This is obviously a proposition gleefully submitted by the scientifically disingenuous climate change folks. Our transportation infrastructure has been in place for decades and has been under constant improvements.this includes significant improvemen...↓
Abandoning all this is not only not warranted it is downright stupid.... promoted by individuals that have not thought this out or have been bribed or otherwise coerced to support this.
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Comment From: Elizabeth Hosteny

10/12/22 @ 3:53 PM
We wholeheartedly support this rule change which will keep WA in the forefront of technology and environmental protection. We recently moved here from Chicago to enjoy clean air and the beautiful outdoors. This is fantastic news, the sooner the bette...↓
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Comment From: Daniel Gibvoney

10/12/22 @ 3:46 PM
I do not support electric cars. The rare earth minerals that are strip mined around the world to create electric batteries is an ecological calamity. Hybrid gas/electric vehicles is an option that I could support. Please don't outlaw the sale of i...↓
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Comment From: Dave Larsen

10/12/22 @ 3:30 PM
This comment is against 178-423 WAC ....

Your timeline is far too aggressive. Industry won't be able to support it due to lack key rare earth metals necessary to build zero emission vehicles in sufficient numbers to replace gas powered vehicles. Thi...↓
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Comment From: Suzanne Crawford O'Brien

10/12/22 @ 3:30 PM
Dear Adam Saul,

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed Clean Vehicles Program rule. I strongly support the adoption of Advanced Clean Cars II, the Heavy-Duty Omnibus Low NOx Rule, and the Fleet Reporting Requirement.

Washington needs ...↓

We need to switch to clean vehicles to stop polluting our air. I don't want vehicles that spew fumes driving through my neighborhood and polluting my lungs, and I want everyone who drives to have access to clean vehicles. This is why Advanced Clean Cars II and its equity provisions are important. So is the Heavy-Duty Omnibus Low NOx Rule, which improves emission standards for large vehicles.

It is also important to gather more information on our transportation system so we can better address the harms it is causing–not only to the environment, but sometimes to workers through poor labor practices. This is why the Fleet Reporting Requirement is an important piece of this regulation.

Every new vehicle sold that is powered by fossil fuels is a missed opportunity. Relying on polluting vehicles hurts the climate and our health. It also makes us beholden to oil companies that bring in record profits while raising prices. We need clean options in Washington.

I strongly support this rule and thank the Department of Ecology for its hard work.

Sincerely,
Suzanne Crawford O'Brien
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Comment From: Ray Mongrain

10/12/22 @ 3:27 PM
Our power grid will not support all the required/forced purchase of electric cars. Also trucks wave extremely poor range and ability to be used as needed.
Not everyone can afford to purchase these electric cars. Myself and many others have never been ...↓
From what I have read along with forced purchase of electric cars, there has been action to prevent any gas powered cars being financed by a bank loan.
Bad idea that will harm all but the most wealthy of our State. Also WE ARE NOT CALIFORNIA and resent the forcing of California failed programs. If you do not know, we are a long way from the liberal's way to the south of us. Most of the nation uses fossil fuel to generate electric power. Even WA is dependent on fossil to currently provide enough power right now.
This move is folkish and being done without the citizen's authorization or vote.
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Comment From: Bobbie Piety

10/12/22 @ 3:19 PM
We will NATURALLY move to electric vehicles as fossil fuels become scarcer and the incentive for alternate vehicles will be more imperative. You are betting on electic cars, but what if hydrogen, or a yet-unknown fuel replaces petroleum? Stop tryin...↓
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Comment From: Nicole Maloney

10/12/22 @ 3:10 PM
the EV mandate and gas engine ban are unrealistic and unfair, will cost billions to implement and will unfairly penalize rural communities and working families.

EVs are still too costly and don't work for most families. Washington residents should be ...↓
The average EV costs $66,000.1 This mandate will cost consumers and businesses BILLIONS.
Creating the charging infrastructure to support this mandate will be expensive and could take years.
The cost of electric grid upgrades needed for new EV charging loads, are unknown and could be in the BILLIONS.

I have a 150 mile commute round trip. Because of Washington State's radical movements, I am leaving this state as soon as possible. I cannot afford to live here as things already exist, so thanks for making it even more difficult.
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Comment From: Richard Ford

10/12/22 @ 3:09 PM
Not only are EVs unreliable, they will overwhelm the electrical grid by consumer's demand for it.
And all to achieve the unachievable. That being a reliance on wind and solar which will never satisfy more than 10 to 13% of the energy demand
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Comment From: Keith Selthofer

10/12/22 @ 2:49 PM
I am commenting on the effort to ban new internal combustion engine vehicles in Washington.
First, following anything California does is usually bad news for the state.
Second, in order to move forward many things need to be addressed like where is all...↓

If the Govenor and the ecology department want a buy in by the citizens, then we need to see this plan. Not just a dictated date.

Finally I believe this law is unconstitutional by violating my freedom of choice. No government in the U.S. has the right to tell me what products I can purchase.

I would like to discuss this further and assist in planning a sensible transition and date that can be achieved.

Thank you.
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Comment From: Michelle Whorley

10/12/22 @ 2:41 PM
Electrical vehicles are too expensive, do not have enough range and/or charging stations and the state does not have the grid power to replace gas with electric - especially if we continue to remove dams that provide electricity.

Making enough electri...↓
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Comment From: Clarice Gregory

10/12/22 @ 2:41 PM
I understand the need to decrease emissions but since we tow boat and trailer, I'm not seeing the technology to make towing realistic with the electric trucks.
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Comment From: Candace Shofstall

10/12/22 @ 2:38 PM
I don't believe that requiring all new vehicles to be electric would be in the best interest of the citizens of Washington. For those people who live in apartments, where would they charge their vehicles? For those people who park on the street, wh...↓
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Comment From: Janine Burkhardt

10/12/22 @ 2:36 PM
I would like to voice my opposition to banning gas powered vehicles and state that it is a reckless, foolish step to take when infrastructure is not in place to help people afford vehicles powered by electricity and the necessary electric to power sa...↓
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Comment From: Philip Grossenbacher

10/12/22 @ 1:40 PM
EVs are still too costly and don't work for most families. Washington residents should be able to choose the vehicle that works best for them.
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Comment From: Ronald Killian

10/12/22 @ 1:07 PM
The powers that be don't seem to realize the economic challenge senior citizens on FIXED income to purchase a electric vehicle, much less the radical change we experience in being TOLD what we can or can't do in our final years. It's all about money...↓
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Comment From: Tiffany Anonymous

10/12/22 @ 1:04 PM
Such an overreach. We should not be told what type of car we have to drive. Why would I want to drive one of these stupid EVs? Unreliable, catch on fire, can't drive long distance? No. This is poorly planned out and not thought out. Dictatorship at i...↓
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Comment From: Mike Morris

10/12/22 @ 12:54 PM
Go with California??? They are more broken than we are! This is stupidest thing I ever heard of. The idiot governor getting ready to raise gas tax at a time that inflation and costs are skyrocketing! Doing nothing sometimes is the best move and t...↓
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Comment From: RICHARD LERUD

10/12/22 @ 12:38 PM
........ " THE QUALITY OF LIVING " - " SUSTAINED GROWTH " - " GREEN ECONOMIES " - " RENEWABLE RESOURCES " - ARCHITECTURES THAT ARE ALL ROOF AND NO FOUNDATION - :)) THANK YOU ........ RICHARD LERUD
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Comment From: Robert Anonymous

10/12/22 @ 12:30 PM
WRONG for a host of reasons.
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Comment From: Sharon Fox

10/12/22 @ 12:14 PM
Why would any lawmakers or citizens want to follow anything California is doing? People have left in droves because of the policies enacted. Poor management: fires-politics-high crime-homeless populations-drug use-highest taxes-NO sense of allowing o...↓
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Comment From: Rob Hills

10/12/22 @ 11:50 AM
the EV mandate and gas engine ban are unrealistic and unfair, will cost billions to implement and will unfairly penalize rural communities and working families.
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Comment From: Richard Kelly II

10/12/22 @ 11:46 AM
This is unresponsible environmentalism. One, we are one of the cleanest countries on earth and in the developed countries achieving lower carbon levels than other developed countries and the target levels set by the last Paris Accord.

The cost to the ...↓

I am for responsible environmentalism. And this act is not responsible at all.
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