Global warming warning - California Will Miss Long-Range Greenhouse Gas Targets

Mercury News ^ | Dec. 05, 2005 | Paul Rogers

[Old Seadog]

"And 2020 is less than a decade away "

Ah, a decade is ten years. 2020 is 15 or 14 years away which is more than a decade.

[C210N]

hmmm... and I thought 2020 was just yesterday.

[tubebender]

There would be lots of money for highway projects if the scum in Sacramento hadn't diverted it to a dozen other Feel Good measures. What money is left is being used on bridge widening for the possibility a bicycle may need to cross.

[stocksthatgoup]

The solution has been to raise taxes to reduce population and thereby pollution.

[stocksthatgoup]

"Someone needs to start a Politicians Anonymous program, the first step is to admit your a spend-a-holic" - This needed to be repeated

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I'm trying to decide which has a worse future: California or France?

I was going to make a similar reference. Considering the the French Riviera, the California Senators, McCain from AZ, Reid from Nev, and the Palm Beach Democrats in Florida, I am beginning to think the problem is the sun. After all, it is responsible for global warming, or an ice age, which ever comes first.

[MortMan]

What do they expect, with Hollywood and all?

[TChris]

Nope. They want bicycle paths.

...except for the "liberals-only" superhighway system for their SUV traffic, and the international "greenies-only" airports for their private jets. They have important environmental meetings to go to after all.

[Mike Darancette]

Cutting the population of CA by 4-5 million might help.

[SierraWasp]

"Tonight, former Vice President Al Gore is scheduled to give a speech at Stanford University with Schwarzenegger's top environmental adviser, Terry Tamminen, on global warming."

And when Algore gits done speechin down at Stanford, he's gonna drive up to UC Davis in his stretch SUV limo, to scratch-n-sniff coed bicycle seats without Tipper!!!

[proud_yank]

The environmentalists want more highways to reduce pollution, don't they?

I think that everyone needs to become organic vegan. Only then will all of mother earth's wounds be healed. Man..... /s o

[Czar]

Simply incredible...

[calcowgirl]

And more from the LA Times, today. (They're lining up at the trough!)

Silicon Valley venture capitalist John Doerr, who has provided seed capital for several of the state's biggest technology companies, has also expressed support for the state proposal to enact a "cap and trade" system that would not only place a ceiling on emissions, but also allow businesses that cut more than their share of the gases to profit by selling "pollution credits" to businesses that do not cut emissions enough.

California's proposals are part of a groundswell of global warming initiatives by state and city leaders nationwide, who are promising to boost clean energy sources and cut greenhouse gases in response to what they see as a failure to act by officials in Washington.

[Czar]

And so our state continues to lead the "Kook Parade". We're looking more and more like Massachusetts every day.

[calcowgirl]

And so our state continues to lead the "Kook Parade". We're looking more and more like Massachusetts every day.

Yep.

Americans take local road to Kyoto (Cities and States bypass Bush)

[seawolf101]

Reduce or eliminate Bean consumption in California and that should just about take care of it.

[GeronL]

The feds passed the budget with a 10-year $3 billion dollar expenditure for bike paths. Didn't you know that was a federal matter??