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California Debates whether Clean Energy Creates or Kills Jobs |
2010-08-06 |
![]() Or global warming floods the whole state, including Mt. Whitney, whichever comes first. Last week, Jerry Governor MoonbeamBrown, a former California governor, ... who helped lay the groundwork for the current collapse whilst banging Linda Ronstadt... declared global warming to be the defining issue between himself and the Republican candidate, saying Whitman "will gut AB 32." That's a feature, not a bug... In the months to come, Brown said, "the contrast between my proposal for green jobs and her shilly-shallying on AB 32" will become clear. To date the green jobs are vapor. If the effort was showing results there wouldn't be an argument, would there? Indeed, despite her latest statement that she may vote no, the ballot measure's supporters see Whitman as an ally. If she doesn't have the lips to stand up for it then there's a problem, isn't there? "Whitman has said all along that AB 32 is a job killer and that she favors temporary suspension of the law and that is our position as well -- it is consistent with Proposition 23," says Yes on 23 spokeswoman Anita Mangels. "Why do you want to have a law that destructive?" "Because it feels so good when when we repeal." Brown is well aware that Whitman's willingness to suspend the greenhouse-emissions law puts her on the wrong side of California public opinion. That's the same public opinion that keeps voting in the Caliphornia legislature, so I guess the Caliphornios deserve the government they've got. A new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California shows that 66% of residents support the climate law, 45% of the public believe AB 32 will create more jobs, while only 23% believe it will kill jobs (24% say the number of jobs won't be affected). Independents, who currently support Whitman 42% to 39%, are opposed to Proposition 23 by 53% to 29%. The California Experiment continues. They just can't settle for being halfway down the drain, can they? |
Posted by:Bobby |
#6 Perhaps if the green jobs included the construction of a number of nuclear power plants... |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2010-08-06 21:46 |
#5 The should read Power Grab by Christopher Horner. |
Posted by: miscellaneous 2010-08-06 16:09 |
#4 California should debate wether they are SANE or not. As in, free from mental derangement; having a sound, healthy mind: a sane person. |
Posted by: armyguy 2010-08-06 14:52 |
#3 They're going to die anyway. Might as well let them be the example on how well the green thing will work. |
Posted by: gorb 2010-08-06 12:30 |
#2 Should have had the debate first before policies were put in place based on politicized science. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-06 12:23 |
#1 45% of the public believe AB 32 will create more jobs, while only 23% believe it will kill jobs Who are these people who aren't aware that "green jobs" is a hoax? I'm not against subsidies for new technologies in principle, but this state intervention can't be sold on the back of BS arguments that they will materially reduce unemployment. |
Posted by: lex 2010-08-06 08:11 |