Posted on 07/10/2020 11:04:29 AM PDT by george76
Incentive programs for electric cars and solar panels mostly benefit those who can afford those things, while regulations that drive up the cost of energy hurt those who can't afford much to begin with.
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a growing rift on in the environmental world between those who favor the state's far-reaching "green" policies—and those who want to hector us to use less energy.
"Wealth is a prominent driver of demand for residential energy,
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a constant theme from the environmental community when it comes to every resource-related policy debate, from electricity production to fossil fuels to water availability. Activists talk about improving efficiencies and battling climate change, but they mainly seem offended that people aren't conserving enough. I'm going out on a limb here, but it's an undeniably good thing that we can use more energy than we need for our basic survival.
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as California continues its headlong rush toward a green-energy future based on command-and-control edicts, subsidies and quasi-market mechanisms such as cap and trade. It found that incentive programs for electric cars and solar panels and some other costly energy policies, "have been found to disproportionately benefit wealthier individuals."
Well, poor people generally aren't installing solar panels or buying $50,000 cars.
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California.. energy prices are among the highest in the nation. Thanks to California-specific formulations, our gasoline costs more than other states, except for remote Hawaii. Our water and electricity policies boost the costs of those necessary products—and the state adds to our sky-high tax burdens by doling out subsidies. California imposes alternative-energy requirements that force it to import 29 percent of our electricity, raising prices on those who can least afford it.
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
Oligarch’s rule!
These are features of leftist (i.e. Democrat) rule. They are not bugs.
JoMa
People who work do so in order to live better than just surviving. They do so to have more than just a subsistence standard of living. Others choose to go a different route. They make bad decisions, drop out of school, join gangs, and make other bad choices that alters their standard of living, perhaps to the point where they are poor. If you're poor, take ownership of it. It's not my fault if I have more than you...I worked for it. Why we glorify the poor makes zero sense to me. And...pluleeze...don't give me this social environment crap. 99% of you are where you are because of the choice you made and it your responsibility to change it...if you want to.
Incentive programs for electric cars and solar panels mostly benefit those who can afford those things, while regulations that drive up the cost of energy hurt those who can't afford much to begin with.
‘Green plans’ are elitist
Why should seniors and other fixed income people ruin themselves for home energy?
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