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The main thrusts of opposition are for it being a seemingly forced imposition/push from some well to do environmental interest (think of the ones that you might see hobnobbing in Aspen that don’t have the same compliance cost exposure as the mass market) and “you’re holding it wrong” antagonization of those working with incumbent fuels and energy sources that want the conveniences from them in the contemporary options.

Another driver of note being the Appalachian region being viewed as a “wait out until they mostly drop dead” backwater to conquer. Even if coal has largely been sidelined, there is still a large and multigenerational resentment along those lines - especially for those asked to “learn to code”.

In terms of the Appalachian sentiment, you would have more success with just cutting huge unrestricted checks down there than to actually try to have another LBJ land in eastern Kentucky and try to appeal to a very conservative crowd (Martin County, specifically Inez being deeply so to where non-GOP voters are very rare to nonexistent).