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John Duarte: “We're going to ban not only certain diesel powered trucks…”

Featuring: John Duarte, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 13

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13th Congressional District Candidates Debate

Published | Video Starts at 54:20

We can't even get our products to the port. The almond growers in this district can't even get their product exported. Everybody's under economic stress because of idiocies in our logistics already. And We're going to ban not only certain diesel powered trucks that now make California logistics different, but we're to cut over to all electric big rigs on a certain time frame before the technology is ready. We're going to have electric heaters in our house that won't work when the grid's down, which is coming to an entry near you. (54:20–54:32)

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Asserts that California plans to ban diesel trucks and switch to electric big rigs before technology is ready.

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