It is, to say the least, a paradox.
At a time when the European Union is trying to find a solution to Joe Biden's mega-plan, which wants to revive and green its economy thanks to electric vehicles, opposition to the American president's plan is emerging from… Wyoming.
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Republican elected officials from this western state of the United States want to ban the electric car, which harms the hydrocarbon sector, which has become the engine of the economy in this former cowboy paradise.
Wyoming senators have introduced legislation to ban the sale of electric vehicles by 2035 to protect local oil and gas industries.
The bill, introduced Friday in the state Legislature, argues that electric vehicles will hamper Wyoming's ability to trade with other states.
The
“vast expanses of highways”
and the
“lack of electric vehicle charging infrastructure,”
render
“their widespread use impractical for the state.”
“The proliferation of electric vehicles will hurt Wyoming's economy,”
while the oil industry has created thousands of jobs there, the document justifies.
Not to mention that the State could be forced to set up costly recycling practices for the minerals contained in the electric batteries.
Wyoming's bill doesn't just oppose Joe Biden's climate plan.
It also goes against the provisions of states like California, which intend to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles.
