The behavior of California’s ruling class has been the cause of much astonishment. Recently, in its infinite wisdom, a group of California regulators decreed that by 2035, the sale of all gasoline and diesel-fueled motor vehicles will be banned in the state. All new car purchases must be electric, no matter how unaffordable they are or how unprepared California’s infrastructure is to accommodate them.

Recently, amid an unprecedented heat wave that is straining California’s power grid to the breaking point, the management of said grid asked electric car owners to avoid charging their vehicles during peak power demand periods.