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California Must Triple Rate of Carbon Emissions Reductions to Reach 2030 Target

by abhayhegde on 3/20/24, 12:35 AM with 19 comments

  • by diogenescynic on 3/20/24, 2:56 AM

    We can't do it on electric cars alone... we should have actually invested in high-speed rail for LA County, SD County, Orange County, San Francisco Bay Area, etc. How much more saturated can the electric car market here realistically get? Seems like everyone who wants one has one and those who don't can't due to renting in an apartment building etc.

  • by oldnetguy on 3/20/24, 3:15 AM

    If California tackled their electricity generation they would put a huge dent in it. California only has numbers for 2022 and not 2023 but 49% natural gas is not going to cut it. I would say they should build nuclear but that's not sufficient for some people.

    https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/califo...

  • by r00fus on 3/20/24, 3:49 AM

    In other news, the CA Legislature wrote a bill in 2022 that would allow all the private utilities to essentially destroy the rooftop solar industry by gouging the consumer directly and essentially make your electric bill an income tax [1]. The way it's worded, none of the exported energy from a solar install will offset any of the connection costs (only the lowered rates).

    Meanwhile, PG&E gets to keep paying its investors before its victims. California can't get past its corruption, and people wonder why we can't meet our climate goals.

    [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/solar/comments/12hobyp/california_a...

  • by melling on 3/20/24, 1:27 AM

    Just saw Scotland is also saying it won’t meet its 2030 goals:

    https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/20/scotland...

  • by zgs on 3/20/24, 3:24 AM

    Is California one of the more progressive states with regards to reductions?

    This does not bode well for the world we share.

  • by tiffanyh on 3/20/24, 3:41 AM

    > triple rate of reductions

    That’s such a confusing way to say it