https://calwatchdog.com/2010/03/29/new-state-touts-green-progress/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 05:57:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://calwatchdog.com/2010/03/29/new-state-touts-green-progress/#comment-621 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:45:52 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=3331#comment-621 I say the key phrase here is “…take all practical and cost-effective measures…”.
It cannot be considered ‘practical’ to increase costs for state agencies at this time. As Katy says, if we get our finances in order, this would be a good thing, but currently it is unforgivable to increase costs to implement green tech.
On the ‘cost-effective’ front, many of the green proposals will end up costing more money over the live of the systems, i.e. a solar panel system to reduce electricity usage will end up costing more than the cost of the electricity saved.
On the national front, I believe this is the reason Obama has said that the cost of gasoline “needs to be about $7.00 per gallon”. At that price point, green tech DOES compete economically.

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