As anyone who was aware of this last year, barely even or know so, California is a serious trouble. Unemployment is above 12%, Government payrolls, pensions and entitlements are out of control, investors are fleeing the status and plummeting of tax. How Governor Schwarzenegger that address these issues? By choosing to fight with the oil companies, of course. Tom Friedman has jumped into the fray as expected when you with October 5 oped titled "the terminator vs. big oil" New York Times
2006, California passed a global warming solutions Act (GWSA)--still another piece of legislation as absurd. The law requires a California greenhouse gas emission reducing its 1990 levels in 2020. In fact, the signing of California to Sadr is dead. The two oil companies — Valero, Tesoro--support 23 high, postpone the implementation of GWSA until California achieves four consecutive quarters of unemployment below 5.5%.Critics claim that Prop 23 effectively kill GWSA. it is true, but the law deserves to die.
Mr. Friedman lists benefits of GWSA things, neither any sense. In the first instance, this law does nothing to reduce the global warming effect. Even if you think the science behind man-made climate change is a near-term catastrophic failures, California cannot do anything by himself. The world now emits around 30,000 million tons of carbon dioxide. USA accounts for 20% of the total amount or 6000 million tons. California emits about 400 million tons, and reducing the emission reduction in the levels of 1990 requires 25%, or 100 million tons.Therefore, GWSA would reduce greenhouse gas emissions overall by about 0.3%, no other country in the world making a serious effort to reduce carbon emissions. What sense is the Act of California "solution"?
Again, Mr. Friedman pound the table "green jobs". Let me take a deep breath and say this one more time.Constructing expensive Sun, wind, other equipment may create some jobs, but rising electricity costs in prices of other jobs, balance cannot increase the overall economic activity by making more expensive input is critical. According to energy information administration, California electricity consumers to industrial prices already 60% above the national average.Exactly how to attract investments in California watch this way?
Finally, Mr. Friedman quotes George Schultz, 23, that opponent Prop GWSA is "clear the air".Reducing carbon dioxide does nothing ambient air quality. dioxide of carbon emissions are a global problem. 0.3% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions does nothing at all air California or anywhere else.
With weak arguments, it's no wonder that Mr. Friedman decides to fill op-his invective against the term "polluter lobbyists", "right wing", mega-funders "outside financiers country", "climate denialism" and "fraud" California has a chance to solve problems of its economic threats while its municipality officials choose fashionable but not meaningful environmental posturing over the difficult steps necessary to make the investment and jobs to California.
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