<p>Not even Mainers want to be California — at least that&#8217;s the takeaway after Pine Tree State residents slammed a proposed statewide crackdown on fossil fuels this week.</p>
<p>On Thursday, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection heard feedback on a proposal that would phase out the sale of gas-powered vehicles. According to <a href="https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/08/17/politics/maine-board-environmental-protection-hearing-gas-powered-electric-vehicles/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CDon't%20turn%20Maine%20into%20California%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20John,extract%20raw%20materials%20for%20batteries." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bangor Daily News (BDN)</a>,  Maine&#8217;s state government instead incentivizes electric vehicles. The impetus behind this central-planning and government interference is the supposed threat of climate change and is similar to laws in the Golden State.</p>
<p>Maine resident John Barkley, a former California resident, blasted the proposal.</p>
<p>&#8220;Don’t turn Maine into California,&#8221; he said defiantly.</p>
<p>Barkley wasn&#8217;t done, adding that Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s (D-CA) example is not one that Maine should follow.</p>
<p>&#8220;I am not a fan of any of these policies,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;We don&#8217;t need Gavin Newsom and the policies of California to come in here to Maine.&#8221;</p>
<p>Barkley, who was not alone in his opposition to the government overreach, also questioned who exactly was pushing for this policy.</p>
<p>&#8220;I moved to Maine because I wanted to get away to a very peaceful, rural area where my air is just fine,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;So I question if a lot of this movement is coming from people who do live in a city area versus a rural area.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;We don&#39;t need Gavin Newsom and the policies of California coming here to Maine.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/ygdallS2Ta">pic.twitter.com/ygdallS2Ta</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMaineWire/status/1692217907994898906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>For her part, Governor Janet Mills (D-ME) has said she is against adopting the sort of policy proposed by the Environmental Protection Board — but has made it a goal to have 219,000 electric vehicles registered in Maine by 2030. According to BDN, Maine is still 96% away from achieving that goal.</p>
<p>Individuals like State Representative Joshua Morris (R) questioned the practicality of this plan.</p>
<p>&#8220;How often in Maine do people lose power?&#8221; Morris posited. &#8220;Especially in the winter, if they lose power, they&#8217;re not going to be able to charge their vehicle.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;There are not enough adjectives to describe how bad this policy is for the people of Maine. It&#8217;s callous, aloof, unthinking, unfeeling, unworkable, and simply cruel. Hardworking Mainers deserve better from their government than this policy pushed by a far-left extremist group,&#8221; Morris added.</p>
<p>As <a href="https://www.themainewire.com/2023/08/massive-turnout-for-public-hearing-on-proposed-california-style-vehicle-emissions-regulations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed out by The Maine Wire</a>, several of those who argued in favor of the proposal claimed that it didn&#8217;t go far enough. The rule would require that 43% of new vehicle sales be zero-emission in 2027 and that 82% of new sales be <a href="https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/08/17/politics/maine-board-environmental-protection-hearing-gas-powered-electric-vehicles/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CDon't%20turn%20Maine%20into%20California%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20John,extract%20raw%20materials%20for%20batteries." target="_blank" rel="noopener">zero-emission by 2032</a>.</p>
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