An electric vehicle charges at an EVgo fast-charging station in Detroit on Nov. 16, 2022.

 An electric vehicle charges at an EVgo fast-charging station in Detroit on Nov. 16, 2022.

 The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits that would require as many as two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032, a nearly tenfold increase over current EV sales, according to an announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Even California came under fire, with speakers saying the Constitution State should not base its regulations on the Golden State’s, and one calling California a “communist cesspool.” 

According to Jerry Cunningham, who said he has worked in the energy industry his entire career, “electricity is not emissions-free. It may not come out of the tailpipe, but it is coming out of the power plant.”

He also said generation and transmission costs are excessive. “But the big issue environmentally is the mining and refining of these batteries,” he said. “And when I listen to the people in support of this proposal, what they’re saying is we are very happy to export our pollution overseas to other communities at risk, other communities that may be suffering from climate (change).”