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We've discussed this many times. California is on the job. gov.ca.gov/2023/09/16/p…
Other states plan to follow.
This is the second time today that I point out that it is also a national security and economic issue that may/may not be fixed. It pisses me off, especially when I just paid my taxes, that I am subsidizing entities like BIG OIL…
We've discussed this many times. California is on the job. https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/16/people-of-the-state-of-california-v-big-oil/
Other states plan to follow.
This is the second time today that I point out that it is also a national security and economic issue that may/may not be fixed. It pisses me off, especially when I just paid my taxes, that I am subsidizing entities like BIG OIL. Big oil fixes prices via OPEC, a foreign entity and their primary backer, Saudi Arabia, controls the largest oil refineries in the US and companies like Exxon. High energy prices support Russian aggression in the Ukraine, in our elections, and Iran's proxy wars.
The Rockefeller family knew this and tried to take on the Saudis years ago, but lost.
I live in CA, have rooftop solar and drive a plug-in hybrid car. We have done and continue to do every thing we can to cut our reliance on fossil fuels. But, the fossil fuel industry has more power and more money than we do, so when they win...we lose.
Gov Newsom has not been a champion of solar or of renewables. He talks a good talk but we had to fight like hell to save the NEM1 payback scale for sending energy we generate to the grid. Anyone putting solar on their rooftop after April 2023 are on NEM3 (which is being challenged in court) for a lower payback. Many solar companies went bankrupt and up to 70K jobs were lost when the corrupted California Public Utilities Commissioners, all appointed by Gov Newsom, passed NEM3, cutting solar subsidies as requested by the fossil fuel industry.
PG&E has had two rate increases this year with requests for one or two further increases this year in the CPUC pipleline. Consumers testify online, in person and via calling in to CPUC meetings to no avail. We Never Win Over The Fossil Fuel Industry. You can get more info on solar in CA at www,solarrights.org.
Thank you for this information about Newsom's behavior. I also have solar panels, drive a hybrid, do most of my cooking on an induction plate (instead of my gas stove) and have cut plastic use out of my life almost entirely (plastics and synthetic clothing are made primarily from fracked gas). In the meanwhile, Congress is rolling back Biden's temporary ban on exporting liquid natural gas (LGN) and plans for developing massive new oil and gas fields are underway. Efforts of ordinary citizens are eclipsed - but we have to keep on working at it and trying to recruit others into the effort. I for one am proud to be "woke" about climate!
We traded out our gas stove for an induction stove top, too. Did the same with plastic...there's a great sustainable store not far from where I live, use laundry sheets made in the USA so no more plastic jugs, bottles of shampoo/conditioner, dishwasher pellets and dishwashing bars are fabulous. We are making a difference...every little bit helps.
Great. I like the laundry sheets and DW pellets too. But I'm still using Safe Choice Body Wash and Shampoo in gallon jugs with a reusable pump. I'm hoping they'll make tablets to dissolve in the gallon jugs! The soap lasts a very long time (it's not dilute). Vinegar in old spray bottles and tablets for all purpose cleaners in same for cleaning. One can only live one's values, regardless of what other people do. On this website I have some articles on a blog: climatefriendlylifestyle.substack.org. It's free, of course! Spreading the word is the aim.
I read an article where Newsome supported the voters having the right to decide if Trump was on the Colorado ballot? Have lost a lot of faith in him when he veers from the Constitution. Are there any FDR liberals out there?
Money talks and politicians walk in California. A single payor health bill has been sitting on the desk of the Leader of the Assembly, When I first heard of it, the Leader was a Democrat and he wouldn't advance the bill to the floor for a vote, despite the fact that it was approved in a referendum, now Gavin is standing in the way of solar
My opinion of Gavin just took a nose dive.
Two decades ago when ENRON was responsible for rolling black outs and extortive rates,
Diane Feinstein pleaded with ENRON to stop it and lower rates. Pleaded mind you We are reduced to government pleading with a corporation.
Back in 2001.I sold the house I was living in to buy another. The house across the street was a rental and it's tenants were a bunch of young adults who partied all of the time and blasted the music so loud we couldn't even watch TV.
One of first persons who had interest, backed out because her entire retirement and investment account was wrapped up in ENRON Funds whom she had worked for. overnight she was penniless with no retirement account, pretty rough in your 50's
Roger on the Kushner fraud, on top of that he is in cahoots with the Israeli right, for beach front condo's on the shoreline in Gaza. The right wing in Israel is already selling plots in Gaza, it is a scam of course. The phukwits don't even live in the real world. It will never happen.
If Trump wins the election. I can guarantee that the administration will put their weight behind the project.
The only solution to that problem is secularization, no more religion. Arabs abandon Quran and hadiths and Jews abandon the Pentateuch and Talmud.
So long as religion rules the roost (and I mean the world) there will be no peace on earth.
The crap in Europe and Russia is dependent on religious beliefs, be it Orthodox christianity or Islam.
Christianity in America has brought us cultural strife and the party of Trump.
Get rid of religion, which as an excuse for the bad behavior of mankind, and we can deal with greed and the strive for power.