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John Duarte: “We're going to have electric heaters in our house that won't…”

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

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13th Congressional District Candidates Debate

Published | Video Starts at 54:31

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. Then we're going to have electric cars that may or may not serve our needs economically all on fixed timeframes, irrespective of when the technology and the capital is actually in place to deliver it. (54:31–54:35)

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Asserts that electric heaters will be ineffective during power outages.

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