Posted on 02/19/2012 7:41:33 AM PST by SmithL
The state of California has made a full-blown commitment to reducing reliance on fossil-fuel energy and other limited resources.
Utilities are required to use solar, wind and geothermal sources for a third of their electricity supply by 2020, while owners of homes and businesses are being urged to install solar panels.
The state is mandating that automakers dramatically ramp up sales of battery-powered and other low-emission cars. It is imposing new cap-and-trade emission controls on business with hefty fees.
Essentially, the state is trying to force California into an entirely new economic structure, claiming, in Gov. Jerry Brown's words, that "California is positioned perfectly to reap the economic benefits that will inevitably flow."
But what of the costs?
Those cap-and-trade fees will add tens, if not hundreds, of billions of dollars in costs to California business. There's a feeding frenzy beginning in the Capitol over how to spend the windfall, although the Legislature's budget analyst warns that the legal options are limited.
The state's three largest utilities recently filed policy papers with the state Energy Commission about the impact of green conversion on consumers' power rates that are already among the nation's highest.
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Really dumb !
The Late Great State of California.
Let California show the nation how commit economic suicide before we all do it.
The biggest savings will come from people leaving the state.
That's how this whole system was designed to work. Let the states be laboratories for ideas. Then the citizens of other states can decide which ideas to pursue or ignore for themselves.
You'd think with all the vaunted Colleges and Universities we have in this state, not to mention the obscene amounts of money we throw at primary and secondary education, we'd be smarter than this.
But, no.
California Country Club Democrats -
“Aren’t the beaches lovely without all the riff-raff around. Boy, there’s a dog turd over there! Pick it up and throw it into Arizona. Can we tax dogs?”
"It's the law that appointments to the CARB Scientific Review Panel are supposed to be for just 3 years, to introduce new ideas into the process and try to prevent ossified junk science group think and religious zealotry from turning CARB into a terrorist hit squad bent on destroying the California economy. (...yeah, how's that working out?)
John Froines has been allowed to sit on the panel for 26 years, and remains there still, according to the CARB website.
So who is John Froines?
Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, Lee Weiner and JOHN FROINES, The Chicago Seven, were charged with conspiracy, inciting to riot and other offenses for their activities at the 1968 democratic convention in Chicago. Froines, the chemist, was charged with with making incendiary devices. Then he decided to dedicate his time to revolutionary causes including “link[ing] up with the Black Panther Party … to build a revolutionary movement to end American imperialism.”
So this domestic terrorist Froines is running environmental policy in California. Any question about why these policies are so destructive?"
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Already do. And cost hundreds to own a dog in license, shots required, etc, etc.
Gov. Jerry Brown’s words, that “California is positioned perfectly to reap the economic benefits that will inevitably flow.”
Unicorns to be loaded with gold will be sent to every home.
So many of the state’s politicians have investments in China. They travel to China all the time and they give China state business.
These politicians approve cap and trade because it kills California’s economic competitiveness with countries like China because China is exempt from cap and trade policies.
This scheme is from the WTO and World Bank who have pledged to use ‘first world’ economies to ‘raise the boats’ of what they call ‘least developed countries’ which include China.
If you think what happens in the WTO and World Bank is outside the realm of California politics, think again. Remember Karly Fiornia, so called republican candidate for Governor? She worked for the World Bank after getting kicked out of Hewlett Packard. The World Bank has a bigger hand in California politics than you may think.
Because those ports are so highly valued Mexico is actually building them. International Freight Containers will be offloaded in Mexico, transhipped by rail to the American Midwest, and California will be left pristine and pure, and abandoned.
That's happening right now.
As almost anybody in Afghanistan could tell you when you are dumped off the main currents of world trade, that's where you're at !
Thanks SmithL.
One of my dogs is 9.....so.....let’s see.....each dog year equals 7 people years.....9 times 7.....carry the 8.....well....I don’t do arithmetic on Sunday morning.....but I’m pretty sure he’s eligible for that early social security money.
That’s happening right now.
I don’t think the unions would rip up the rail system among other items.
But your right abour Ca. giving every thing to Mexico.
Nothing happened there until Americans arrived.
It will eventually return to being a stupendously large Mexican backwater once all the Americans leave, and that is happening.
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