There will never be enough jars!
Posted on 12/24/2019 5:06:42 AM PST by karpov
Liberals use California’s stringent environmental regulations to block new oil and gas pipelines and electric power plants. So it’s no small irony that businesses are now invoking the same rules to block local bans on new natural gas hookups.
Earlier this year the city of Berkeley prohibited natural gas connections in nearly all new buildings, while Windsor in Sonoma County banned natural gas in new low-rise residential buildings. Liberal groups are urging other cities to do the same, though switching to electric appliances would cost about $7,200 and increase energy bills by an average $388 per year.
It also creates conundrums for businesses. The California Restaurant Association notes in a lawsuit against Berkeley’s natural-gas ban that “losing natural gas will slow down the process of cooking, reduce a chef’s control over the amount and intensity of heat, and affect the manner and flavor of food preparation.”
The restaurant group claims that the Berkeley City Council circumvented a state law requiring cities to obtain approval from the California Energy Commission for energy-efficiency standards more stringent than the state’s. The law requires cities to submit their findings on the “cost effectiveness” of their proposed standards, but that’s hard to show given how much more expensive electric appliances are.
Separately, Sonoma County developers are challenging Windsor’s ban under the California Environmental Quality Act, which requires an environmental impact report including notice and comment for almost any local government action. Windsor simply declared its natural-gas ban exempt from the law because it is “more protective of the environment than State Standards”—end of discussion.
But as one developer argues, Windsor failed to consider “whether the existing electrical grid is sufficient to satisfy the demand of all new construction under a 100% electricity standard,” which the state has mandated for 2045.
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“The US is one election away from this catastrophic nonsense going nationwide.”
With no offense to our Californian brethren, I think Trump should be building the wall around California.
Liberals are not smart they proved it by making California what it is a S..H....
>>DemocRATS keep making these Hellholes. No wonder the young flee.
Only the productive ones. Welfare addicts don’t care about the costs of things.
California needs a very long Cold Snap , it might wake someone up
No natural gas hookups?
Hank Hill knows the answer....propane and propane accessories.
That is why people still heat with coal in PA.
Dave, you raised your sons right. Congratulations on that achievement. And Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Willful Mental Deficiency...
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After the Revolutionary War, the American Tories had to run to Canada.
Where will all these poisonous leftists have to run to ??? (Where will they even be welcome ?)
Thanks.
Their peer group in their later years in High school and college were very conservative, and later in real life became more conservative. Their wives are the same. Taxes and bad schools made the women conservative.
One was a conservative independent, and he has become a big Trump/Maga backer. Some of his male cousins on his mother’s side are like him. Zero college and good trade schools. Trump is the first president, they have supported.
Thanks for the gift of laughter. Some movies you never tire of watching. :-)
You are welcome!
Abby Normal was a highlight of a great and funny movie.
One of the best, and a secret among black conservatives is Blazing Saddles.
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