California City Bans New Gas Stations, Says No More Pumps
No More Pumps Existing gas stations aren’t being shut down in Petaluma. It’s just that no new ones will be built, because there are enough – one within a five-minute drive of every residential area in the city, in fact, as the Santa Rosa Press Democrat writes. The plan is to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles, and Petaluma’s City Council, with a population of around 60,000, feels its 16 existing gas stations is enough. Electrek’s Take Petaluma is the first seed planted, and many will follow and sprout, first in California, and then in other US states like Washington. For ...