daveman
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New Study Shows California/New York Approach to Fighting Global Warming Hurts Working Class and Minority CommunitiesThere is no evidence that the government is enriching itself or seizing more power via AGW.
How, specifically, do you believe those two things are happening?
āOverzealous global warming laws and regulations are taking away jobs and opportunity and increasing energy poverty for those who canāt afford higher fuel and electricity bills,ā said Dr. Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow in business and economics and author of Legislating Energy Poverty.
Click here to download a copy of Legislating Energy Poverty.
Legislating Energy Poverty reviews the impact of global warming policies adopted in California and New York, such as unrealistic renewable energy goals, strict low carbon fuel standards, and costly subsidies for buying higher-priced electric cars and installing solar panels. The report finds that, collectively, these expensive and burdensome policies are dramatically increasing the energy burdens of their respective state residents.
Among the specific findings:
ā¢ Average state electricity prices in California are the highest in the lower 48 states, and electric prices in New York are the nationās sixth-highest.
ā¢ Monthly power bills in inland California are 57 percent higher on average in the summer months than in coastal parts of the state.
ā¢ California drivers pay the nationās 2nd-highest gas prices, while New York drivers pay the 14th-highest.
ā¢ The Golden State has the nationās highest poverty rate, while the Empire State has the nationās seventh-highest poverty rate.
All these negative effects are because government is both enriching itself (through taxes) and seizing more power (by controlling how people live).Click here to download a copy of Legislating Energy Poverty.
Legislating Energy Poverty reviews the impact of global warming policies adopted in California and New York, such as unrealistic renewable energy goals, strict low carbon fuel standards, and costly subsidies for buying higher-priced electric cars and installing solar panels. The report finds that, collectively, these expensive and burdensome policies are dramatically increasing the energy burdens of their respective state residents.
Among the specific findings:
ā¢ Average state electricity prices in California are the highest in the lower 48 states, and electric prices in New York are the nationās sixth-highest.
ā¢ Monthly power bills in inland California are 57 percent higher on average in the summer months than in coastal parts of the state.
ā¢ California drivers pay the nationās 2nd-highest gas prices, while New York drivers pay the 14th-highest.
ā¢ The Golden State has the nationās highest poverty rate, while the Empire State has the nationās seventh-highest poverty rate.