But, will they lose enough faith to vote out the wackos who force all these rules, regulations, laws, taxes, fees, etc?
Californians’ support for cutting carbon emissions wanes as new climate warnings arrive
Earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger staged a low-key celebration marking the 20th anniversary of Assembly Bill 32, the landmark legislation committing California to immense reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
It was the most notable achievement of Schwarzenegger’s governorship, not only setting a series of deadlines for emissions reductions, but creating as one of its major tools a system for industry buy-in known as “cap-and-trade.”
Environmental groups were opposed, favoring direct regulations, but Schwarzenegger insisted. Since then, the state has auctioned off a gradually diminishing number of emissions permits, thus, in theory, incentivizing industries to reduce greenhouse gases.
The Los Angeles Times has calculated that early goals were met. But in recent years reductions have slowed, and the 2030 goal of being 40% lower than 1990 emissions levels is highly unlikely.
Yeah, well, it’s easy to say, a lot harder to do
Public Policy Institute of California pollsters found that while Californians still support emissions reductions in concept, views on specific programs have slipped. That’s particularly true of Newsom’s desire to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035. Support for that has dropped from 49% in 2021 to just 32%.
I bet if you asked the questions “do you support everyone else having to buy an EV” and “are you against being forced to buy an EV for yourself” the answers would be interesting.
“Affordability has become a dominant theme in public discourse today — and it’s affecting the public’s views on the environment,” the PPIC says. “Most Californians choose cost of living as the top issue facing the people of California today; few name environmental concerns.”
Really, this is the reality all the time, even in the People’s Republik Of California: ‘climate change’ always comes near the end if not last when put up against real issues. And this is why so many Californians get the hell out of the state. Unfortunately, they bring the same stupid policies elsewhere.
The flip side of declining popular and political support for emissions reduction policies is a new warning from Newsom’s administration that California faces a slow-motion apocalypse.
“Climate change is increasing the frequency, intensity, duration, and impacts of climate related events in California, including short- or long-term hazard events like wildfire, extreme heat, drought, flooding, and sea level rise,” the administration’s 109-page Fifth Climate Change Assessment declares.
The Elites, who rarely practice what they preach, are upset by the waning interest and will try and scare the peasants, and, if that doesn’t work, will just force it all on them. Because the peasants are too culty to vote different.
