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		By: Spurwing Plover		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-119320</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oh just feel the Hot Air coming from Sacramento it will melt stone and the california dems are the main producers of it]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh just feel the Hot Air coming from Sacramento it will melt stone and the california dems are the main producers of it</p>
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		By: Aaron		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-117756</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CA (and other) legislators should lead by example when they propose new legislation.  So if they want to cut fuel consumption by 50%, they should do a pilot program whereby they cut their fuel consumption by 50% for a year and see how it works.  Then they should have an independent third-party document and reveal to the public what they did and what the impacts were.  Enough of the &quot;do as I say not as I do&quot; approach; true leaders lead by example and accept the consequences - good or bad.  This bill (SB 350) is as damaging and idiotic as the current proposal in LA to ease traffic congestion, by reducing the number of traveled lanes for vehicles, adding bus-only lanes, and adding more bike lanes, all in the hopes of &quot;encouraging&quot; people to use their cars less frequently and use alternate means of transportation.  I don&#039;t see how reducing traveled lanes will ease traffic congestion.  Sometimes I feel we live in a parallel universe alongside the politicians, and when the universes collide, we get the brunt of the blow.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CA (and other) legislators should lead by example when they propose new legislation.  So if they want to cut fuel consumption by 50%, they should do a pilot program whereby they cut their fuel consumption by 50% for a year and see how it works.  Then they should have an independent third-party document and reveal to the public what they did and what the impacts were.  Enough of the &#8220;do as I say not as I do&#8221; approach; true leaders lead by example and accept the consequences &#8211; good or bad.  This bill (SB 350) is as damaging and idiotic as the current proposal in LA to ease traffic congestion, by reducing the number of traveled lanes for vehicles, adding bus-only lanes, and adding more bike lanes, all in the hopes of &#8220;encouraging&#8221; people to use their cars less frequently and use alternate means of transportation.  I don&#8217;t see how reducing traveled lanes will ease traffic congestion.  Sometimes I feel we live in a parallel universe alongside the politicians, and when the universes collide, we get the brunt of the blow.</p>
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		By: Ronald Stein		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-117488</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Stein]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2015 17:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Governor Brown is a great politician, but he is killing his huge budget and support for infrastructure with his crusade to support Senate Bill 350, the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015. That will mandate a 50 percent reduction in oil usage by vehicles by 2030.

The reality is that Honda has opted to kill its Civic hybrid and CNG models. The death of the Civic hybrid and CNG are an acknowledgment of public disinterest in the alternative technologies. According to Karl Brauer of Kelley Blue Book, this is a “reflection of zero interest from American consumers in small, fuel-efficient cars — especially more expensive hybrid versions of small, fuel-efficient cars,&quot; &quot;This is in keeping with where the market is going, away from hybrids and toward smaller, more efficient internal combustion engines.&quot;

Moms will continue to drive their kids to school and soccer, workers still need to drive back and forth from work, hospitality workers still need to drive to work, fast food workers still need to drive to work, truckers still need to deliver the huge amount of containers that arrive in our ports to serve the needs of CA and the entire USA.

California’s 100,000 electric vehicles are the most electric vehicles in any state, however, the other 97% of California’s 30 million vehicles that DO NOT run on electricity or other alternative fuels are consuming more than 40 million gallons of transportation fuels, gasoline and diesel, excluding jet fuel, EVERY DAY.  Sounds like a lot of fuel, but it equates to just more than 1 gallon per day per vehicle. 

Even though there is a both projected growth in population from our current 38 million citizens, AND an increase in vehicle registrations from our current 30 million to more than 40 million vehicles, the fuel demand is projected to decline slightly from the current 40 million gallons per DAY of gasoline and diesel, mostly as a result of continuous improvements in fuel efficiencies, and a slight impact by the 3% of vehicles that run on electricity or other alternative fuels.

We already have AB32 and the LCFS in effect to control GHG emissions.  REQUIRING California’s 38 million citizens to change their lifestyle appears to be bad public policy and possibly unenforceable on abusers that do not reduce their usage by 50%.

Senate Bill 350, the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 that will mandate a 50 percent reduction in oil usage by vehicles by 2030 from the current 40 million gallons of transportation fuels down to 20 million a day in just 15 years would be a drastic lifestyle change to demobilize one of the world’s largest that is funding the huge California budget.  With more miles projected to be driven on California highways, there would be a significant reduction in transportation fuel tax revenue to fund the maintenance and repairs of the highway transportation systems.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Governor Brown is a great politician, but he is killing his huge budget and support for infrastructure with his crusade to support Senate Bill 350, the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015. That will mandate a 50 percent reduction in oil usage by vehicles by 2030.</p>
<p>The reality is that Honda has opted to kill its Civic hybrid and CNG models. The death of the Civic hybrid and CNG are an acknowledgment of public disinterest in the alternative technologies. According to Karl Brauer of Kelley Blue Book, this is a “reflection of zero interest from American consumers in small, fuel-efficient cars — especially more expensive hybrid versions of small, fuel-efficient cars,&#8221; &#8220;This is in keeping with where the market is going, away from hybrids and toward smaller, more efficient internal combustion engines.&#8221;</p>
<p>Moms will continue to drive their kids to school and soccer, workers still need to drive back and forth from work, hospitality workers still need to drive to work, fast food workers still need to drive to work, truckers still need to deliver the huge amount of containers that arrive in our ports to serve the needs of CA and the entire USA.</p>
<p>California’s 100,000 electric vehicles are the most electric vehicles in any state, however, the other 97% of California’s 30 million vehicles that DO NOT run on electricity or other alternative fuels are consuming more than 40 million gallons of transportation fuels, gasoline and diesel, excluding jet fuel, EVERY DAY.  Sounds like a lot of fuel, but it equates to just more than 1 gallon per day per vehicle. </p>
<p>Even though there is a both projected growth in population from our current 38 million citizens, AND an increase in vehicle registrations from our current 30 million to more than 40 million vehicles, the fuel demand is projected to decline slightly from the current 40 million gallons per DAY of gasoline and diesel, mostly as a result of continuous improvements in fuel efficiencies, and a slight impact by the 3% of vehicles that run on electricity or other alternative fuels.</p>
<p>We already have AB32 and the LCFS in effect to control GHG emissions.  REQUIRING California’s 38 million citizens to change their lifestyle appears to be bad public policy and possibly unenforceable on abusers that do not reduce their usage by 50%.</p>
<p>Senate Bill 350, the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 that will mandate a 50 percent reduction in oil usage by vehicles by 2030 from the current 40 million gallons of transportation fuels down to 20 million a day in just 15 years would be a drastic lifestyle change to demobilize one of the world’s largest that is funding the huge California budget.  With more miles projected to be driven on California highways, there would be a significant reduction in transportation fuel tax revenue to fund the maintenance and repairs of the highway transportation systems.</p>
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		By: desmond		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-117483</link>

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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 22:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Timeline, Feb. 2016. Governor Jerry Brown discussing climate change. &quot; this is the biggest challenge the human species has ever faced. Heck,  it may not be too late, we may be already dead, and we are quarks in the next milennium. The news you see on CNN is tomorrow&#039;s news broadcast today from another dimension. I have known that global warming was going to kill everything, since I woke up next year. Just shut up and shout from the mountains of Neptune that tomorrow&#039;s threats are goals to achieve. Let me leave you thinking about the achievements of great California citizens like John Gacy. Chow.&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Timeline, Feb. 2016. Governor Jerry Brown discussing climate change. &#8221; this is the biggest challenge the human species has ever faced. Heck,  it may not be too late, we may be already dead, and we are quarks in the next milennium. The news you see on CNN is tomorrow&#8217;s news broadcast today from another dimension. I have known that global warming was going to kill everything, since I woke up next year. Just shut up and shout from the mountains of Neptune that tomorrow&#8217;s threats are goals to achieve. Let me leave you thinking about the achievements of great California citizens like John Gacy. Chow.&#8221;</p>
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		By: bubba		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-117478</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bubba]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I know let&#039;s all get Flintstone Cars so we won&#039;t have to worry when the IDIOTS in Sacramento raise the gas tax and gas here will cost $8 a gallon like it does in Europe!
A tax on energy producers here pretty soon California won&#039;t have any gas just like we don&#039;t have any water...more environmental stupidity from the know nothings like Moonbean!

Get wise Gov, pretty soon you won&#039;t have anyone to tax because everyone is leaving!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know let&#8217;s all get Flintstone Cars so we won&#8217;t have to worry when the IDIOTS in Sacramento raise the gas tax and gas here will cost $8 a gallon like it does in Europe!<br />
A tax on energy producers here pretty soon California won&#8217;t have any gas just like we don&#8217;t have any water&#8230;more environmental stupidity from the know nothings like Moonbean!</p>
<p>Get wise Gov, pretty soon you won&#8217;t have anyone to tax because everyone is leaving!</p>
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		By: Bruce		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-117477</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 20:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What happens if there is no sunlight or wind?
http://www.spaceandscience.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/presidentobamarequesttopreparefordangerouscoldclimateapr282014.pdf]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What happens if there is no sunlight or wind?<br />
<a href="http://www.spaceandscience.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/presidentobamarequesttopreparefordangerouscoldclimateapr282014.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.spaceandscience.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/presidentobamarequesttopreparefordangerouscoldclimateapr282014.pdf</a></p>
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		By: Queeg		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-117469</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Queeg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 03:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-117462&quot;&gt;Nice&lt;/a&gt;.

Comrade Nice,  there are no winners or losers in collectivism......everyone votes.  Everyone has a job.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-117462">Nice</a>.</p>
<p>Comrade Nice,  there are no winners or losers in collectivism&#8230;&#8230;everyone votes.  Everyone has a job.</p>
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		By: Queeg		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Queeg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 03:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-117458&quot;&gt;bob&lt;/a&gt;.

Comrades,

Socialism is still an experiment. Only rich and poor....back to drawing board.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-117458">bob</a>.</p>
<p>Comrades,</p>
<p>Socialism is still an experiment. Only rich and poor&#8230;.back to drawing board.</p>
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		By: Bill Gore		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-117464</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Gore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2015 23:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-117454&quot;&gt;vonborks&lt;/a&gt;.

California has a superabundance of GEOTHERMAL resources, yet NIMBYS and enviros always seem to stymie any real development. So, long story short, California&#039;s &#039;sustainability&#039; will be achieved by sucking the Pacific Northwest&#039;s cheap abundant hydropower away and leaving us SCREWED in the usual California fashion. NO Pacific Northwest hydropower for California! NONE! Now SCAT!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-117454">vonborks</a>.</p>
<p>California has a superabundance of GEOTHERMAL resources, yet NIMBYS and enviros always seem to stymie any real development. So, long story short, California&#8217;s &#8216;sustainability&#8217; will be achieved by sucking the Pacific Northwest&#8217;s cheap abundant hydropower away and leaving us SCREWED in the usual California fashion. NO Pacific Northwest hydropower for California! NONE! Now SCAT!</p>
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		By: Nice		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nice]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2015 23:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-117454&quot;&gt;vonborks&lt;/a&gt;.

Do you actually think the illiterate masses in CA will ever throw these bums out?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://calwatchdog.com/2015/07/24/ca-dems-push-ambitious-energy-bill/#comment-117454">vonborks</a>.</p>
<p>Do you actually think the illiterate masses in CA will ever throw these bums out?</p>
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