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Did you know, your ability to buy internal combustion gas vehicles could be limited to 18 percent of all vehicle sales by 2032 if these rules are enacted!
On Thursday, Aug. 17 the Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) will hear citizen testimony on rules, to be enacted with the force of law, without legislative oversight based on two groups’ language that will devastate Maine citizen’s choice in vehicle purchases.
Only 150 signatures brings this rule for consideration to become law before the BEP, yet it takes nearly 68,000 referendum signatures to overturn bad laws via citizen vetoes. What’s wrong with this picture?
It’s wrong when two groups can present proposed rules without proper constitutional public policy process promulgated by the citizen elected Legislature.
I think the present law in Maine statute mandating 80 percent renewable energy by 2030 and 100 percent by 2050 is mathematically impossible to maintain today’s power needs.
The stress this will put on that law will likely reduce societal electricity use to decades old levels.
Roads, bridges and our mobility infrastructure could decay at supersonic speed with the loss of gas tax funding.
I think forcing the private sector supply and demand of transportation selection is un-American. Dealers are finding that interest in purchasing zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) cars and trucks is not keeping up with production.
Dealers would be mandated a percentage of units by manufacturers that are fast clogging inventory.
Mandated installation of charging stations at dealerships is proving unreliable and they can’t get parts to maintain them.
These are just a few of the reasons this rule should not become law.
Please attend or submit written testimony at the Augusta Civic Center, this Thursday at 9 a.m. Public comment is being accepted until Aug. 28.
Rep. Dick Campbell
Orrington
