Mr. Shaman
Senior Member
- May 4, 2010
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.....(with a heavy-dose o' Jerry Brown!!!)
"....through all the political back and forth, alternative energy has been a settled idea in California, and for that we owe a large debt to Brown. He has been ahead of the curve on energy conservation and renewable resources for decades. During Brown's previous tenure as governor from 1975 through 1982, the nuclear industry was projecting the need for one nuclear power plant every five miles along the California coast. One of them was slated for Corral Canyon on Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu. Corporate interests also insisted on the need for a liquefied natural gas terminal at Point Conception in Santa Barbara, saying it was necessary to keep the lights from going out.
Brown turned these powerful interests down, siding instead with the no-nukes movement and the early dreamers of a solar future. Thirty years later, as a direct result of his vision, California is the most energy-efficient state in America, with an estimated 1.5 million clean-energy jobs and accumulated savings of $50 billion to $60 billion to California consumers. Two-thirds of venture-capital inve$tment$ in American clean energy are in California.
Brown may find that a greener future is incompatible with the state's massive $pending on incarceration at the expense of education. While the state was building 33 new prisons in recent decades, its school funding has been stagnant. Prioritizing education and rehabilitation over prisons in state budgets could both save money and supply a steady and well-trained workforce for a green economy."
Progressives OWN the WEST COAST....the traditional-generator of NEW ECONOMIES!!!!
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In the mean-time, Obama is in the process of BLIND-SIDING those traditional-values of Ignorance & Tribalism, in the Middle East!!!
What BETTER way to cure the corruption & agents-of-Theocracy, in Pakistan, than to turn their population on to a MEGA-Sharper Image, next-DOOR??!!!
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In the mean-time, Obama is in the process of BLIND-SIDING those traditional-values of Ignorance & Tribalism, in the Middle East!!!
What BETTER way to cure the corruption & agents-of-Theocracy, in Pakistan, than to turn their population on to a MEGA-Sharper Image, next-DOOR??!!!