Comments on: California Ups Renewable Energy Mandate to 33% by 2020

By: Octavio

Octavio — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:48:37 +0000

Prop 7 and Prop 10 didn’t pass because they were fundamentally wrong. That and T. Boone Pickens funded both. It’s hard to say you want to be using renewable energy when the guy promoting both made his billions on oil drilling.

By: Xiao hong

Xiao hong — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:48:36 +0000

Whatever California saves with their stupid green initiatives they will make up for with world class fires every year.

By: Gallia

Gallia — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:48:36 +0000

Of trees which have absorbed the same amount of greenhouse gases they give out, rather than unlocking it from oil

By: Xexilia

Xexilia — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:48:36 +0000

Ya know, I could have sworn California’s voters just said they didn’t really want this: ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_P …

By: Wilmer

Wilmer — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:48:36 +0000

Electricity costs in California are already 32% higher than the national average. California pays an average of 14.07 cents per kw/hr, the 10th most expensive in the country. Is it any wonder why? neo.ne.gov/statshtml/115.htm

By: Bash

Bash — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:48:36 +0000

You’re assuming that there’s something inherently right about cheap energy. Oil has spoilt us. Cheap, high density is not available naturally and it’s not sustainable. Paying more for energy is something everyone will have to get used to sooner or later.

By: Damla

Damla — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:48:35 +0000

This is all just so much BS. Just like at the federal level, every California legislative session is independent of the previous sessions. So any plans you make that last more than one fiscal year can be completely ignored by the legislatures after you. That’s why you always see these kinds of plans “backloading” the pain to later legislatures.Because the current legislature knows the pain part will never happen.

By: Xiuhcoatl

Xiuhcoatl — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:48:35 +0000

I don’t know exactly when it happened, but at some point, I became able to say “Governor Schwarzenegger” without any trace of sarcasm or disbelief. And still can now. He’s actually rather impressive.

By: Curt

Curt — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:48:34 +0000

California’s electricity costs are already 32% higher than the national average, I suppose Arnold wants to move the State from the 10th most expensive electricity to the most expensive, and that will take some doing because Alaska and Hawaii both have very high costs due to their locations. neo.ne.gov/statshtml/115.htm

By: Damali

Damali — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:48:34 +0000

“to meet the 33 percent target and spread implementation costs across all ratepayers”