Exactly, decarbonization will save us tons of money as individuals and as a society. The probe is that many monied interests don't want to change their businesses to adapt.

This is a separate issue from federal action. We take all sorts of actions with vast political and economic action that don't save money, to reduce pollution.

But by leading the way, we will encourage other countries to not build coal plants, which was the "legitimate" question that was asked.

It's called the California Effect.

Higher standards in California mean companies default to that standard nation wide because it's easier to have a single product and avoid supply chain issues.

Same reason most all orange juice is Kosher. A small but large enough hard preference controls the market because the rest dont care enough.

Hopefully red states won't put an mpg cap out of spite

No it's really not. Texas's energy grid is entirely independent and they produce a large percentage of the country's oil and gas.

Also California has it's own specific blend of gasoline and that hasn't been adopted nationwide at all. It's only used in California.

Texas produces around five times as much wind energy as California, and for half the price of California's wind energy.

Unless you can identify a certain thing in California that caused Texas to increase it's wind power I think your argument is pretty vacuous.

Is it fast enough to stop a huge economic and biological burden hitting our children? It’s sad how short sighted the majority of people in the US is today. Small sacrifices could lead to hugely greater quality of life for everyone’s grand children but everyone is special and deserve everything they desire right now.