Minnesota to try and ban gas powered equipment

[jjeff]

I had one for a while; sold it a few years back. I think it was Wacker brand. Worked great. In California USA.

Heavy as all heck and unwieldy until you got the hang of it lol

 

[TheMan419]

Of course they can. It will be interesting to see if the population of your state will stand for that.

Indiana has a super majority of a different party. So I doubt we are going to ban ICE anything any time soon.

 

[jyoutz]

Indiana has a super majority of a different party. So I doubt we are going to ban ICE anything any time soon.

I think there’s a supermajority of voters of all parties that don’t want to ban ICE. The politicians are disconnected from the voters.

 

[MossRoad]

Indiana has a super majority of a different party. So I doubt we are going to ban ICE anything any time soon.

I think we have a couple car plants here as well.

 

[Jstpssng]

I think we have a couple car plants here as well.

If you read one of the other threads, they are outdated and will be the cause of certain automakers to fail.

 

[MossRoad]

If you read one of the other threads, they are outdated and will be the cause of certain automakers to fail.

In all seriousness, it amazes me when a major auto manufacturer closes a plant. Just closes it. Done. Gone.

Studebaker, of course, went out of business in the early 60s. The factory buildings sat in various states of abandonment until about 10 years ago. So 50 years before anything major was done to them. Finally tore them down except for one, which is slowly being nicely renovated.

AM General had a plant in South Bend. They built a new plant in Mishawaka (next town over) and after the South Bend plant finished its postal vehicle production in the 80s, and their 5-ton refurb program, and their Hummer retrofit program, it closed and sits empty.

We drive to Pittsburgh often, and the Lordstown plant was shut down and closed. Some EV manufacturer tried, and went bust. I think someone else may be in there now.

There's plenty of large auto plant buildings in major cities that have closed and abandoned, yet there are still plenty of new plants that took their place.

I'm guessing it has more to do with taxes, write offs, depreciations, etc. than the excuse that the plant is obsolete and too expensive to retrofit.

 

[Hay Dude]

In all seriousness, it amazes me when a major auto manufacturer closes a plant. Just closes it. Done. Gone.

Studebaker, of course, went out of business in the early 60s. The factory buildings sat in various states of abandonment until about 10 years ago. So 50 years before anything major was done to them. Finally tore them down except for one, which is slowly being nicely renovated.

AM General had a plant in South Bend. They built a new plant in Mishawaka (next town over) and after the South Bend plant finished its postal vehicle production in the 80s, and their 5-ton refurb program, and their Hummer retrofit program, it closed and sits empty.

We drive to Pittsburgh often, and the Lordstown plant was shut down and closed. Some EV manufacturer tried, and went bust. I think someone else may be in there now.

There's plenty of large auto plant buildings in major cities that have closed and abandoned, yet there are still plenty of new plants that took their place.

I'm guessing it has more to do with taxes, write offs, depreciations, etc. than the excuse that the plant is obsolete and too expensive to retrofit.

I see that all the time-even with residential properties.
20 years ago, someone near me built a spectacular home-probably 10,000SF with curved top windows, 5 fireplaces and stone walls everywhere. Then some multi-millionaire jackass bought the place 2 years ago and tore the ENTIRE HOME down and built a completely different one! Money to burn I guess.

We have more vacant factories and abandoned buildings here than you can count. Most are finally being torn down and replaced with retail shopping.
A steel mill called National Rolling Mills was located near me in Malvern, PA. The plant was huge and had it’s own rail spur. It was torn down 5+ years ago and the rail spur removed. Now its all retail and yuppies with their bikes. Yippee.

 

[Eagle223usa]

I just wonder... Under what authority does the gubmint have the power to regulate any of this? It's not in the constitution.

 

[Oaktree]

We have more vacant factories and abandoned buildings here than you can count. Most are finally being torn down and replaced with retail shopping.
A steel mill called National Rolling Mills was located near me in Malvern, PA. The plant was huge and had it’s own rail spur. It was torn down 5+ years ago and the rail spur removed. Now its all retail and yuppies with their bikes. Yippee.

Well, better that than just sitting abandoned and deteriorating.
I'm a bit surprised anyone's building retail space these days, given how brick & mortar retail has declined this century.

 

[Hay Dude]

Well, better that than just sitting abandoned and deteriorating.
I'm a bit surprised anyone's building retail space these days, given how brick & mortar retail has declined this century.

I’d rather have seen it revived as a steel mill so we can make more products in the USA.
We have enough Targets and TJ Max junk.