Originally posted by demi-conservative
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Yes - we expect our government to set regulations in the best interests of all of us. That's one of the things we elect them for. If combustion engines are harming the collective environment, and an alternative exists, then it is the rightful place of government to say, "you do not have the right to polute the environment for everyone else."
Personally, I think the prohibition is a LITTLE premature. The electric vehicle industry is not yet large or mature enough, and the electric "refueling" system is not widely enough distributed as yet, AFAIK. It certainly is not in the northeast.
Regulation does not equal totalitarian. A totalitarian government is usually dictator-led (we live in a representative Republic), it has a single party in power (today we live in a two-party system, with Reublicans vastly dominating), and it strives to (or does) control the media (today, the primary enemy of the media is the occupant of our White House). It's a little odd/ironic to have the totalitarian claim leveled at the left, especially at this time in history.
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