Common sense and true voter power keeps breaking out in unexpected
ways sometimes in the USofA.
I’ve singled out the Climate Change one to prove that the false
religion propagated by all the parties here and by - especially - the
BBC is not invincible.
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NEW YORK TIMES - Business 5.11.08
California Renewable-Energy Initiatives Defeated
By TOM ZELLER JR.
Not entirely unexpectedly, two California initiatives that would have
substantially expanded the state’s clean-energy profile — but which
opponents argued were ill conceived — foundered at the polls on Tuesday.
Proposition 7, which would have required that California’s electric
utilities get half of their power from renewable sources by 2025 (the
current requirement is 20 percent by the end of 2010), was easily
defeated with 65 percent of voters casting ballots against the measure.
Critics of the measure — which included an unusual alliance of
environmentalists and public utilities, which are not covered by
current requirements but would be folded into the new mandates —
argued that, as drafted, the initiative would have driven up
electricity rates, stalled the state’s already steady shift to clean
power and strangled small alternative-energy companies.
Proposition 10, meanwhile, which would have created rebate incentives
for the purchase of cars and trucks running on natural gas or other
alternative fuels, was also struck down, with nearly 60 percent
voting “no” at last count.
Critics opposed Proposition 10 on the grounds that the state is
already cash-strapped, facing a $15.2 billion deficit. The measure,
if approved by voters, would have cost the state billions of dollars
through public bonds aimed at financing the rebates.
The initiative was heavily backed by T. Boone Pickens, the former oil
man who stood to profit from an expanded fleet of natural-gas cars,
given his interest in Clean Energy Fuels, which sells natural gas for
transportation use. Clean Energy covered much of the $22.5 million
campaign fund for the initiative, according to The San Francisco
Chronicle.
Amy Thoma, a spokeswoman for Proposition 10, told The San Diego Union-
Tribune that the flagging economy sank the measure.
“We think Californians are supportive of moving toward to renewable
technology,” she said, “but maybe the timing, at this time, wasn’t
amazing.”
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OTHER STATES MAKE DECISIONS TOO
Source: Conservative Home Blog
[States of the USA are freer than members of the EU to make their own
choices! -cs]
Arizona, Florida and California vote against gay marriage.
Michigan votes for embryonic stem cell research.
South Dakota and Colorado reject restrictions on abortion.
Massachusetts voted to decriminalise possession of small amounts of
marijuana.
Washington state approves assisted suicide for the terminally ill.
Ban on umarried adoptions passes in Arkansas.
ways sometimes in the USofA.
I’ve singled out the Climate Change one to prove that the false
religion propagated by all the parties here and by - especially - the
BBC is not invincible.
xxxxxxxxxxx cs
=========================
NEW YORK TIMES - Business 5.11.08
California Renewable-Energy Initiatives Defeated
By TOM ZELLER JR.
Not entirely unexpectedly, two California initiatives that would have
substantially expanded the state’s clean-energy profile — but which
opponents argued were ill conceived — foundered at the polls on Tuesday.
Proposition 7, which would have required that California’s electric
utilities get half of their power from renewable sources by 2025 (the
current requirement is 20 percent by the end of 2010), was easily
defeated with 65 percent of voters casting ballots against the measure.
Critics of the measure — which included an unusual alliance of
environmentalists and public utilities, which are not covered by
current requirements but would be folded into the new mandates —
argued that, as drafted, the initiative would have driven up
electricity rates, stalled the state’s already steady shift to clean
power and strangled small alternative-energy companies.
Proposition 10, meanwhile, which would have created rebate incentives
for the purchase of cars and trucks running on natural gas or other
alternative fuels, was also struck down, with nearly 60 percent
voting “no” at last count.
Critics opposed Proposition 10 on the grounds that the state is
already cash-strapped, facing a $15.2 billion deficit. The measure,
if approved by voters, would have cost the state billions of dollars
through public bonds aimed at financing the rebates.
The initiative was heavily backed by T. Boone Pickens, the former oil
man who stood to profit from an expanded fleet of natural-gas cars,
given his interest in Clean Energy Fuels, which sells natural gas for
transportation use. Clean Energy covered much of the $22.5 million
campaign fund for the initiative, according to The San Francisco
Chronicle.
Amy Thoma, a spokeswoman for Proposition 10, told The San Diego Union-
Tribune that the flagging economy sank the measure.
“We think Californians are supportive of moving toward to renewable
technology,” she said, “but maybe the timing, at this time, wasn’t
amazing.”
==========================
OTHER STATES MAKE DECISIONS TOO
Source: Conservative Home Blog
[States of the USA are freer than members of the EU to make their own
choices! -cs]
Arizona, Florida and California vote against gay marriage.
Michigan votes for embryonic stem cell research.
South Dakota and Colorado reject restrictions on abortion.
Massachusetts voted to decriminalise possession of small amounts of
marijuana.
Washington state approves assisted suicide for the terminally ill.
Ban on umarried adoptions passes in Arkansas.
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