Editorial: Don't Believe The Naysayers. We Can Electrify The Economy Without Leaving Workers Behind

12 Oct 2023 | Abstracted from LA Times

"Some workers may fear that vehicle electrification will leave them behind. But there is no evidence that it will cause a broad swath of blue-collar jobs to disappear...Contrast that with Trump's opportunistic defeatism, which only plays into the hands of oil and gas companies that stand to profit from any delay in phasing out their polluting products."

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