CA Governor Newsom: "it's time to sober up about green energy flaws"

[OlongJohnson]

At least my NorCal-dwelling family pays a minimum rate/kW*hr approximately triple what I pay here in Houston, and depending on usage, it can go up to 5x. So there's that...

[Totem Polar]

Source? Not doubting you, but interested to learn more.

I read it in some article on income iniquity in CA—if it was a county, it would be right up there with the third worlders. I vividly recall the sentence structure: “if you are on welfare in the USA, there’s a 1 in 3 chance you live in CA...”

I’ll see If I can find that article, but in the meantime, here’s the first hit I got off google:

[Baldanders]

I read it in some article on income iniquity in CA—if it was a county, it would be right up there with the third worlders. I vividly recall the sentence structure: “if you are on welfare in the USA, there’s a 1 in 3 chance you live in CA...”

I’ll see If I can find that article, but in the meantime, here’s the first hit I got off google:

Thanks for the data!

My favorite political website Fabius Maximus has described Cali as "inner party(politicians, Holllywood types, tech execs and entrepreneurs), outer party(tech workers and some creative types) and plebs (everyone else). That is probably more true of the Bay Area than anywhere else, and ignores farmers, but it seems pretty accurate otherwise. Cali is probably the best example of why great and not-so-great CEOs may not have great ideas about how to run the government. The same ideas that propel an IT company to great success may have nothing to do with public policy success.

I am still waiting for "California ways and results" to become a talking point in this election, but if the Trump ads I see are any indication, the campaign will be about women who are "scared of Biden", about 2/3 brown, 1/3 white. An OK move I guess, but not too interesting.

Nuclear power would be a great solution for power woes, IMO, but the battle to make it publicly acceptable is probably a bigger uphill climb than broadening support for the 2A. The USSR really made that difficult.

[cheby]

Did I miss anything?

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Democrats

[Clusterfrack]

Like so much of the Democratic agenda, green energy is all about symbolic gestures. In this case, the appearance of doing something good for the environment.

[Borderland]

Thanks for the data!

My favorite political website Fabius Maximus has described Cali as "inner party(politicians, Holllywood types, tech execs and entrepreneurs), outer party(tech workers and some creative types) and plebs (everyone else). That is probably more true of the Bay Area than anywhere else, and ignores farmers, but it seems pretty accurate otherwise. Cali is probably the best example of why great and not-so-great CEOs may not have great ideas about how to run the government. The same ideas that propel an IT company to great success may have nothing to do with public policy success.

I am still waiting for "California ways and results" to become a talking point in this election, but if the Trump ads I see are any indication, the campaign will be about women who are "scared of Biden", about 2/3 brown, 1/3 white. An OK move I guess, but not too interesting.

Nuclear power would be a great solution for power woes, IMO, but the battle to make it publicly acceptable is probably a bigger uphill climb than broadening support for the 2A. The USSR really made that difficult.

We have a plant here that was started and never finished. I think the Satsop cooling towers are still there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNP-3_and_WNP-5

[blues]

Like so much of the Democratic agenda, green energy is all about symbolic gestures. In this case, the appearance of doing something good for the environment.

"Just one word...methane!"

[OlongJohnson]

Nuclear power would be a great solution for power woes, IMO, but the battle to make it publicly acceptable is probably a bigger uphill climb than broadening support for the 2A. The USSR really made that difficult.

And Fukushima. Haven't heard much about cesium in seafood lately, would be interesting to refresh on.

We have a plant here that was started and never finished. I think the Satsop cooling towers are still there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNP-3_and_WNP-5

And that Hanford, place, whatever goes on there...

[critter]

I read it in some article on income iniquity in CA—
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A lamb sacrifice perhaps?... if they could afford it, that is.

[Totem Polar]

A lamb sacrifice perhaps?... if they could afford it, that is.

I kind of like the way it reads, as is.