Little Hoover questions green energy costs

Cal Watchdog ^ | November 6, 2014 | Wayne Lusvardi

[artichokegrower]

Gov. Jerry Brown is on a political roll. He won re-election and passage of an historic $7.5 billion water bond that contains funding for the first surface water storage projects in 50 years.

But that hasn’t deterred the Little Hoover Commission, an independent state oversight agency, from sending a letter to Brown asking: “In enacting the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard in 2011: how much is it going to cost”? California’s Renewable Energy Portfolio mandates that one-third of all retail electricity sales must come from renewable energy by 2020. - See more at: http://calwatchdog.com/2014/11/06/little-hoover-questions-green-energy-costs/#sthash.2GYVhI0e.dpuf

[artichokegrower]

California, a basin state, can tout that it has reduced carbon dioxide (C02) emissions by 30.9 million tons, or 8.2 percent, since 2000.

But Texas, a plains state that relies less on renewable energy than California, reduced its C02 levels by 64.8 million tons, or 9.0 percent over the same time.

So Texas is a more environmentally responsible state than California? But all of the Greenies live in California.

[Red Badger]

So Texas is a more environmentally responsible state than California? But all of the Greenies live in California.

You answered your own question..................

[Blood of Tyrants]

Being a liberal means being righteous, not right. As long as you FEEL good about what you are doing, it’s all that matters.

[Red Badger]

MORRIS ALBERT
“Feelings”

Feelings, nothing more than feelings
Trying to forget my feelings of love
Teardrops rolling down on my face
Trying to forget my feelings of love

Feelings, for all my life I’ll feel it
I wish I’ve never met you, girl
You’ll never come again
Feeling, woo-o-o feeling
Woo-o-o, feel you again in my arms

Feelings, feelings like I’ve never lost you
And feelings like I’ll never have you again in my heart

Feelings, for all my life I’ll feel it
I wish I’ve never met you, girl; you’ll never come again

Feelings, feelings like I’ve never lost you
And feelings like I’ll never have you again in my life

Feelings, woo-o-o feeling it,
woo-o-o, feeling again in my arms
Feelings

[texas booster]

The number just don't look right.

CA has 60% more people than Texas. However. Most of their non-renewable electricity comes from out of state.

Looking at these numbers, this would mean that CA emits 377 million tons of CO2 each year, while Texas (with 2/3’s the population) emits 720 million tons of CO2 each year.

Yet Texas is the largest wind energy producer and user in the nation, has hundreds of natural gas power plants and produces all of its own power in-state.

These numbers mean nothing without context and truth.