California's economic suicide
Facing a forecasted $41.8 billion budget deficit, California's brilliant Air Resources Board environmental agency continues to impose ridiculous global warming emission reductions on vehicles, refineries, industry, business, use of electricity, and electric energy producers that will cost consumers dearly. Cap and trade carbon auctions won't do anything for us. And, it will only feed the belly of the government beast, a snack.
The only good thing coming out of emission reduction has little to do with global warming, but a lot to do with people's health. Reduction in diesel pollution and particulates will improve health and save lives, but it's coming at the worst possible time for the economy. Indeed, that should have been done slowly and surely many years ago. Diesel smog has caused many more health problems and deaths than tobacco ever did.
Meanwhile, as radical environmentalists aim to singlehandedly stop global warming by committing California economic suicide, state residents, business and industry will probably flee to every state from Alabama to Wyoming, leaving the fool's golden state as the fire-ridden wasteland of tree-stump-huggers, green monsters, Hollyweirds and the government land of OZ.