https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/25/us/california-ban-new-gas-cars-vote/index.html
This destroys our safety. All of our food and other products we use daily come from heavy trucking, shipping. All food is grown using diesel tractors, and oil derived fertilizer.
The only power strong enough to power these items even theoretically is oil or miniaturized nuclear plants. No battery even at it’s theoretical limits can power these.
All US military power is derived from oil and associated logistics. 80 years ago, the most powerful army on earth was defeated only when it ran out of gas in Moscow.
Why would any oil producer invest in any new exploration or refineries in the US if oil is being outlawed? By the time we realize how absolutely critical oil is, it will be too late to go back.