Sen. Rubio lashes out on California's future ban on fossil-fuel powered cars

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio lashed out against California's decision to ban the sale of fossil-fueled cars starting in the year 2035.

The Golden State’s Air Resources Board made a decision in mandating the state only sell electric vehicles by 2035 and install targets for EV quotas before it takes effect.

Only one percent of cars in California are currently emissions-free vehicles, and the upcoming ban will not affect pre-owned fossil-fueled vehicles.

“If they're going to go to all battery-powered cars, then I guess they're going to be charging their cars with coal and natural gas, because that's how you produce electricity because they don't like nuclear plants,” Sen. Rubio told the Epoch Times. “And I don't think you can generate enough power for a state like California based on solar and wind. So in the end, it's self-defeating.”

The Florida based senator ridiculed California’s government for trying to force emissions-free driving "before the science gets there" saying, "I don't think you're going to get there through government mandates."

California is not the only state looking at such a ban.

Other true-blue states such as Pennsylvania and New Mexico have considered taking the same steps.

In a strange twist of irony, California's regulations are currently on track to also impact Virginians, whose past Democratic leadership bound the Commonwealth to the rulings passed by California's Air Resources Board.

Virginia’s Attorney General Jason Miyares, a Republican has said California’s regulations currently apply to their state until they take the iniative to change state law.