OF NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLES BY
2035.
PROPOSE ADD LEGISLATION FROM
A GROUP OF LAWMAKERS LEAD BY
STATE SENATOR JIM ANDERSON
WHO IS JOINING US NOW, WHAT
IS THE RATIONAL FOR THE BAN?
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
FOR LETTING ME SPEAK ABOUT
OUR REGULAR RATHER
RESOLUTION.
WE’RE CONCERNED ABOUT
NUMEROUS STATES THAT ASKED
TO DISCONTINUE THE POWERED
VEHICLES, WE WANT TO SHOW
SUPPORT FOR OUR BASIC
WYOMING INDUSTRIES, GAS,
OIL, AND THETIC EXTRACTION
AND PROCESSING OF THOSE
PRODUCTS, THE INDUSTRIES
CREATED COUNTLESS GOOD
PAYING JOBS FOR WYOMING
RESIDENTS, WYOMING VAST
STRETCHES OF HIGHWAYS WITH
LACK OF CHARGING STATIONS
MAKES AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
IMPRACTICAL FOR THE STATE.
THE EXPAND WOULD RETIRE A
MASSIVE AMOUNT OF NEW
ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION.
>> LET ME JUST JUMP IN, I
DON’T WANT YOU TO READ THE
RESOLUTION.
BECAUSE IT RESOLUTION THIS
IS A SYMBOLIC MOVE ON YOUR
PART, RIGHT, YOU WILL NOT
ACTUALLY BAN THE SALE OF
ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
>> CORRECT.
WE’RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT
MINERAL USED IN BATTERIES,
OUR COUNTRY DUD NOT PRODUCE
THEM, THEY ARE PRODUCED IN
COUNTRIES WITH POOR
ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS.
AND THEN DISPOSAL OF THOSE
HAZARDOUS BATTERIES WILL
REQUIRE SPACE IN OUR LIMITED
LANDFILLS FOR HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS OUR RESOLUTION HAS
TO HAVE NO NEW -- NO NEW
ELECTRIC VEHICLES SOLD IN
WYOMING AFTER 2035.
DAVID: YOU ARE NOT
PENALIZING CONSUMERS OR
COMPANIES.
>> NO, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE
THIS STATEMENT, SINCE SEEMS
TO BE A MOVEMENT NATIONWIDE.
TO ELIMINATE OUR VEHICLES.
DAVID: LET ME ASK YOU, I
ASSUME SOME OF THE NEARBY
STATES, THAT ARE TRYING TO
BAN GAS POWERED VEHICLES
LIKE CALIFORNIA.
HAVE MADE THEIR ISSUE KNOWN
TO YOU.
DO YOU THINK THESE STATES
TRY TO OUTLAW GAS POWERS
ENGINED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME, IS THEIR ELECTRIC GRID
POWER STRONG ENOUGH TO POWER
THAT MANY CHARGES?
>> WE SURE THINK THERE IS
NOT.
CALIFORNIA ALREADY EXPECTING
A LOT OF BLACKOUTS AND SO,
THEY DON’T HAVE ENOUGH POWER
TO RUN THAT MANY VEHICLES.
IF THEY GOT ALL OF THOSE
VEHICLES ON-LINE BY 2035.
WE MAY BE IN SHORT SUPPLY,
QUITE NOW WE’RE AN EXPORTING
STATE, WE EXPORT TO WESTERN
GRID.
AT SOME POINT IN TIME,
OREGON WITH LACK OF
HYDROPOWER AND CALIFORNIA
WITH LACK OF POWER THEY HAVE
ELIMINATED OVER LAST FEW
YEARS, THEY WILL BE IN
TROUBLE TRYING TO CHARGE ALL
THESE VEHICLES.
>> YOUR STATE, THANKFULLY IS
A HUGE PRODUCER OF OIL AND
GAS, AS I MENTIONED, THESE
OIL AND GAS RESERVES THAT
YOU HAVE, AND A LOT OF
PRODUCTION FACILITIES ARE
RIGHT NEXT TO BEAUTIFUL
AREAS OF THE NATION, SOME OF
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WE HAVE
IN UNITED STATES MOST KNOWN
IS YELLOWSTONE.
BUT YOU PRODUCE IT IN A WAY
THAT IS NOT UPSETTING THE
NATURAL VIEW AND THE NATURAL
ORIGIN OF SOME OF THE
NATURAL PARKS, DO FOLKS IN
CALIFORNIA REALIZE THAT?
, HOW WELL YOU PRODUCE THE
OIL AND GAS.
>> I THINK THEY REALIZE IT
THEY JUST WANT TO ELIMINATE
THE USE OF IT, WE DON’T HAVE
ANY PRODUCTION NEAR ANY
NATIONAL PARKS OR NATIONAL
MONUMENTS.
ALL OF OUR PRODUCTION IS OUT
IN THE DESERT AND NOT NEAR
ANY OF THOSE AREAS.
HOWEVER, IT IS A GOODING
SUGGESTION PROBABLY A LOT OF
OIL UNDER YELLOWSTONE PARK.
DAVID: HAVE THE RIGGERS AND
THE PEOPLE WHO WORKING HARD
IN THE OIL AND GAS
FACILITIES BEEN HURT BY
REGULATIONS AND THE NEW LAWS
COMING FROM THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION?
TO ELIMINATE FOSSIL FUELS?
>> WE HAVE BEEN HURT A LOT
BY THE ADMINISTRATION,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE ELIMINATED
ANY NEW APPLICATIONS FOR
DRILLING.
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, THEY
RELEASED AREAS, SAID, OKAY
WE RELEASED THIS LEASE, BUT
THEY RELEASE THE LEASE, AND
DON’T LET US HAVE
APPLICATION TORS FOR
DRILLING, WE HAVE BEEN HURT,
WE WILL SLOWDOWN OIL ONLY
COMES OUT OF A WELL AT A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME FOR A
CERTAIN PERIOD, YOU HAVE TO
REPLACE IT WITH OTHER
PRODUCTION, WE DON’T HAVE
THAT OTHER PRODUCTION COMING
ONBOARD.
DAVID: BY THE WAY IT A SMALL
PART OF THE WHOLE ARGUMENT.
I’M SURE A LOT OF THESE
RIGGERS AND DRILLERS ARE
UNION WORKERS, THIS IS A
PRESIDENT WHO SAID HE IS
STANDS BEHIND UNION WORKERS
100%, THESE ARE UNION
WORKERS LOSES THEIR JOBS?
>> A LOT OF THEM ARE, YES.
>> ALL RIGHT SENATOR, VERY
--
>> YOU KNOW.
DAVID: WE HAVE TO LEFT IT
THERE THANK YOU FOR COMING