When future historians decide to write the definitive treatise on the downfall of the state of California, we can be sure that the final days of August 2022 will feature very prominently.
It was on August 25 that the state announced a bold plan to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by the year 2035. Everything had to be electric from that point forward. What would that do to the economy of the state of California, given how expensive electric vehicles are? Where were we going to get the materials to manufacture all of these new EV batteries? No one seemed to care.
Local news anchors, however, were elated. Watch:
When the news broke, a lot of commentators on the Right made the point that the euphoria would probably be short-lived. But no one quite had any idea just how short-lived it would be. Just six days after…