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GREEN TYRANNY: Massachusetts senator wants to limit how many miles residents can drive
« on: June 15, 2025, 08:56:49 am »
GREEN TYRANNY: Massachusetts senator wants to limit how many miles residents can drive
06/10/2025 / By Ramon Tomey



Massachusetts Senate Majority Leader Cynthia Creem introduced Bill S2246, which sets vehicle miles traveled (VMT) reduction targets by 2030, enforced through fines and regulations to combat climate change.


The bill prioritizes public transit, biking and walking over private car use, requiring transportation plans to align with emissions goals.

Critics argue the plan disproportionately affects rural residents who rely on cars due to limited transit options and longer commutes, with State Sen. Michael Barrett highlighting an “unintentional bias” against these communities.

While supporters say rising total miles driven undermine emissions progress, opponents question targeting all driving – including electric vehicles – rather than just fossil-fueled cars.

The proposal faces skepticism over feasibility and fairness, as policymakers grapple with balancing urban climate mandates with rural transportation realities.

https://www.pollution.news/2025-06-10-ma-senator-wants-limit-miles-residents-drive.html
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Re: GREEN TYRANNY: Massachusetts senator wants to limit how many miles residents can drive
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2025, 08:59:33 am »
Limiting how many miles individuals can travel by air has to be on the agenda. :whistle:
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Re: GREEN TYRANNY: Massachusetts senator wants to limit how many miles residents can drive
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2025, 10:41:35 am »
Sounds like something out of Atlas Shrugged.
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Re: GREEN TYRANNY: Massachusetts senator wants to limit how many miles residents can drive
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2025, 01:20:57 pm »
Inwill just go with my response the last time this was posted  :whistle:
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Re: GREEN TYRANNY: Massachusetts senator wants to limit how many miles residents can drive
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2025, 01:42:55 pm »
Why don't we line everyone up, have them count off in twos and shoot the twos?  I mean really, these idiots who want to control everything we do in the name of climate change which in my humble opinion is bogus to begin with is getting old.

Doing anything in regard to climate change when the two biggest polluters do nothing makes efforts here ridiculous and idiotic.  As I have stated before, the only scientist I ever heard speak on the subject provided sufficient data to prove there is no climate change we need to worry about.  The formulas for those claiming climate change are all flawed.  And the only folks talking climate change are stinking politicians, and there is not a one of them that have any credibility.  NOT ONE!!!

Everything Al Gore does is done with the intent to enrich his own pockets.  He has long ago established that fact.
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Re: GREEN TYRANNY: Massachusetts senator wants to limit how many miles residents can drive
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2025, 04:17:15 pm »
I can just see the liberals lining up invalid grandfolks to steal their gas allowance so they can cheat the system. Illegal gangs will operate chop shops that specialize in rolling back odometers for the right price.

Push the flocks into towns so they can be easily controlled is what the liberals want.
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Re: GREEN TYRANNY: Massachusetts senator wants to limit how many miles residents can drive
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2025, 05:12:01 pm »
Quote from: jafo2010 on June 15, 2025, 01:42:55 pm
Why don't we line everyone up, have them count off in twos and shoot the twos?  I mean really, these idiots who want to control everything we do in the name of climate change which in my humble opinion is bogus to begin with is getting old.

Doing anything in regard to climate change when the two biggest polluters do nothing makes efforts here ridiculous and idiotic.  As I have stated before, the only scientist I ever heard speak on the subject provided sufficient data to prove there is no climate change we need to worry about.  The formulas for those claiming climate change are all flawed.  And the only folks talking climate change are stinking politicians, and there is not a one of them that have any credibility.  NOT ONE!!!

Everything Al Gore does is done with the intent to enrich his own pockets.  He has long ago established that fact.
How about just lining up the control freaks, instead...?
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Re: GREEN TYRANNY: Massachusetts senator wants to limit how many miles residents can drive
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2025, 05:14:21 pm »
Quote from: Sighlass on June 15, 2025, 04:17:15 pm
I can just see the liberals lining up invalid grandfolks to steal their gas allowance so they can cheat the system. Illegal gangs will operate chop shops that specialize in rolling back odometers for the right price.

Push the flocks into towns so they can be easily controlled is what the liberals want.
I would think that could be done electronically, nowadays. The mechanical ones had tell-tales from the 70s on to show when they had been rolled back because it was a trick for unscrupulous used car dealers to take a few tens of thousands of miles off the clock and add a bunch to the price of a nice looking used car.
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Re: GREEN TYRANNY: Massachusetts senator wants to limit how many miles residents can drive
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2025, 05:18:20 pm »
Democrats/Liberals/Communists have been pushing this for 50 years or more. This is not 'new' at all.
It has nothing to do with gas/oil or the environment. It is always about CONTROL, nothing more.
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Re: GREEN TYRANNY: Massachusetts senator wants to limit how many miles residents can drive
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2025, 05:58:06 pm »
It's Massachusetts, folks.
So leftist there that it could almost make Californians blush.

The legislature might actually pass something like this.
Maybe not THIS TIME around.
But in the future? I wouldn't bet agin' em...
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