Good old Kali

eelgrass · Oct 10, 2021

How are you going to run a generator when the power goes out? Plug it in?

California law bans small off-road gas engines, including lawnmowers and chainsaws

Asher Notheis
Sun, October 10, 2021, 10:46 AM

California took another step toward its goal of ridding the state of all gas-powered engines thanks to a new bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday.
The new law will ban the sale of all off-road, gas-powered engines, including generators, lawn equipment, pressure washers, chainsaws, weed trimmers, and even golf carts. Under the new law, these machines must be zero-emissions, meaning they will have to be either battery-powered or plug-in, according to the Los Angeles Times.

California law bans small off-road gas engines, including lawnmowers and chainsaws

California took another step toward its goal of ridding the state of all gas-powered engines thanks to a new bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday.

www.yahoo.com

elkassassin · Oct 10, 2021

How Bigga Battery Will it Take to Equal My Stihl 066 MAGNUM?

Rie bread · Oct 10, 2021

while i understand the thought… it’s incredibly short sided. we can’t even do our laundry at night with our rolling black outs !! some serious infrastructure needs to be addressed. perhaps the cart before the horse does work…

eelgrass · Oct 10, 2021

Do they make electric 4-wheelers?

Warbo · Oct 10, 2021

You’ll be seeing them Californians out mowing their lawns with their Tesla lawn mowers before very long….

OutdoorWriter · Oct 10, 2021

eelgrass said:
Do they make electric 4-wheelers?

They're called golf carts.

elkassassin · Oct 10, 2021

They've Got E-Bikes!

So I'm Sure E-Wheelers are on the Way!

You Remember the E-Cigs,Right?

eelgrass said:
Do they make electric 4-wheelers?

overkill · Oct 10, 2021

F*** Newsom.

EVILNR · Oct 10, 2021

Wait till the fires come. They'll change their minds.
IDIOTS.

feddoc · Oct 10, 2021

Eel, I'll give ya cash money for your chainsaw.

Bluehair · Oct 10, 2021

I would laugh, but it’s my experience that as goes California, so go the rest of us.

Hard to believe it’s where hot rod culture originated.

Bluehair · Oct 10, 2021

elkassassin said:
How Bigga Battery Will it Take to Equal My Stihl 066 MAGNUM?

I’m seriously considering an elec hedge trimmer (big). The Stihl guy likes it and says you get 500 cycles from it. And he has stunk of gas and oil for 30 years.

But I have a hard time adjusting.

OutdoorWriter · Oct 10, 2021

Bluehair said:
I’m seriously considering an elec hedge trimmer (big). The Stihl guy likes it and says you get 500 cycles from it. And he has stunk of gas and oil for 30 years.

But I have a hard time adjusting.

I've owned an electric hedge trimmer for years. Same with a chain saw.

BUT... they need to be plugged into a long extension to work.

RELH · Oct 10, 2021

Our new home has a very large thick lawn. I made the mistake of buying a battery lawnmower that the lawn would kill the engine or bog it down. I lost money on selling that crappy lawn mower that was only used 3 times.
Bought a Honda gas powered lawn mower and it mows great. Will not be giving it up to bent wrist Newsom any time soon.
Our liberal politicians are the biggest dumb F##KS alive. This new law just shut down the logging-timber business in ca. No gas chainsaws to cut down trees. No gas generators in the woods to power electric chainsaws. The price of lumber is going to go up even higher then what it is now.

RELH

Bluehair · Oct 10, 2021

I’m a slippery sloper, but even I never thought I would hear “you can have my lawnmower when you pry it from my cold, dead hands”.

OutdoorWriter · Oct 10, 2021

Bluehair said:
I’m a slippery sloper, but even I never thought I would hear “you can have my lawnmower when you pry it from my cold, dead hands”.

I'm gonna steal that!

hornkiller · Oct 10, 2021

I'm looking for a couple older Honda 4wheeler's?

roadrunner · Oct 10, 2021

As long as people are chicken to the "law", this will only continue on.

larrbo · Oct 10, 2021

They keep mandating bans on gas powered anything and switching to electric everything. The idiots that passed this law are the same ones that mandated the mandatory high rates of renewable energy use in our state causing the power shutting off on a regular basis. Where is the large increase in electric generation coming from to plug all of these battery chargers in. I think our state could be run by 5th graders better than Newsom and the morons in the legislature.

LIK2HNT · Oct 10, 2021

These jokers must have a lot of stock in battery operated equipment. This climate change/ global warming is one of the most STUPID and hypocritical things ever. Stop using coal and fossil fuels in the USA, yet sell 15% more coal to China. That way they can burn it n their country. ??

elkassassin · Oct 10, 2021

They Already Admit they're Out Of Power!

They Doing anything yo Produce More Power?

hawkbill · Oct 10, 2021

Biden owns 10% of the largest battery plant in China, would you be surprised if that stock was up 300% since he took office

wetmule · Oct 10, 2021

The dumb flucks in power in many of these places are literally clueless. I recently watched some dumb ***** mayor in Detroit or some lefty Michigan city bragging on their newly installed charging stations at this apartment complex. A reporter asked where the energy came from & she said I'm not sure but it's electric, you just plug it in and wah-la... ain't it great! The reporter then asked the energy commissioner where it came from.... he said it came coal fired plant - LMFAO

eelgrass · Oct 10, 2021

feddoc said:
Eel, I'll give ya cash money for your chainsaw.

Nope. Just a hamburger will be fine. No lettuce.

wetmule · Oct 10, 2021

Bluehair said:
I’m a slippery sloper, but even I never thought I would hear “you can have my lawnmower when you pry it from my cold, dead hands”.

Slippery slope? we're already on an olympic bobsled ride to hell at warp speed with no brakes.

tailchasers · Oct 10, 2021

WTF?!!! All those new criminals. Just think of the new cash flow.

roadrunner · Oct 11, 2021

wetmule said:
The dumb flucks in power in many of these places are literally clueless. I recently watched some dumb ***** mayor in Detroit or some lefty Michigan city bragging on their newly installed charging stations at this apartment complex. A reporter asked where the energy came from & she said I'm not sure but it's electric, you just plug it in and wah-la... ain't it great! The reporter then asked the energy commissioner where it came from.... he said it came coal fired plant - LMFAO

Throw NM in there as well.

heywouldya · Oct 11, 2021

Time to upgrade and see who will enforce this new regulation. My daughter will be running our gas-powered wood splitter when I take her out of school because of the vaccine mandate.

notsosafeway · Oct 11, 2021

If you read the article, which I'm sure every one did before giving their two cents, this doesn't go into effect until at least Jan 2024, and only prohibits the sale of these products, not the use.

"The new rule will be implemented by January 2024, or as soon as regulators determine is "feasible," whichever date is later."

While I agree this legislation is bulls***, I imagine it will be a long time coming before they ban the USE of those products. Similar to the motor vehicle sales ban that should be taking effect in 2035, and according to this article points to reasons as to why that isn't even a reasonable timeline.

Long story short, you're gonna get to keep your gas powered motors for longer than you think.

California infrastructure cannot meet Gavin Newsom’s 2035 deadline for emission-free automobiles - Washington Examiner

California faces a big challenge as it eyes the end of new gas-powered car sales: building out enough charging infrastructure to make it convenient for everyone to purchase an electric car, not just the wealthy.On Sept. 23, on the hood of a bright red electric Ford Mustang, Democratic Gov. Gavin...

www.washingtonexaminer.com