I wonder how many gallons of fossil fuels the San Francisco Chronicle uses for their operations
Climate change is hitting Californians hard. The state should make Big Oil pick up the tab
Climate change is sticking California with a multibillion-dollar bill, and right now everyday families are the ones being asked to pick up the tab through higher taxes, electricity costs and insurance premiums.
Meanwhile, the oil companies whose products are driving the climate crisis, continue to profit while making it worse.
Last week, our state had a golden opportunity to build a fairer system when the California Earthquake Authority released its long awaited report on how to deal with the mounting cost of wildfires in the state — including $76 billion for property and capital costs caused by last year’s fires in Los Angeles. But the agency’s recommendations mostly adjust the share of the damages and costs passed around between utilities, insurers, homeowners and taxpayers, while ignoring the underlying reason wildfire risks continue to grow.
The fire that was pretty much determined to be a combination of arson and incompetence, combined with more incompetence from government as it started and went on, and now the government is trying to force people to sell their land?
Completely absent from the 107-page report is any mention of large oil and gas corporations, which are substantially responsible for the warming climate that is driving California’s wildfires but currently not paying a cent of the financial costs.
California has always been a land where it can get dry and windy, and now you have all the homes, buildings, and poorly maintained infrastructure, along with lots and lots of crazy homeless people and illegal aliens. But, no, it’s totally the fault of a whopping 1.7F increase in global temperatures since 1850.
Like the rest of the world, California is now living with the consequences of their deception. Climate change — driven by fossil fuels — has turned our state into a tinderbox.
Southern California Edison’s equipment may have ignited the Eaton Fire in Altadena, but acres of dry kindling due to abnormally hot and dry weather provided the abundant fuel that helped turn it and the Palisades Fire into the most expensive wildfire disaster in global history. Climate scientists looked at the climatic conditions behind the fires and concluded that fossil fuel-driven climate change made the disaster 35% more likely.
Nice try, cultists! It’s historically hot and dry, and then it flips to too wet. That’s what happens there. But, hey, y’all are more than welcome to give up your own use of fossil fuels. I wonder why you haven’t?
For example, Senate Bill 982, introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener, gives the state attorney general the authority to bring lawsuits against Big Oil to recover insurance-related losses associated with their emissions, including premium increases and disaster-related FAIR Plans losses that are being shifted to all California policyholders. Revenue recovered through successful legal action could also be used to fund the “California Safe Homes” program for homeowners to upgrade roofs and landscaping, making property more resilient to wildfire. Right now many everyday Californians are paying these costs out of pocket just to maintain potential access to insurance.
And what happens when Big Oil decides to stop operating in California? Explain how the state will operate.
BTW, the California Earthquake Authority was meant to deal with insurance for earthquakes
In 1995, the California Legislature came up with a workable solution it thought would help revitalize the insurance and housing markets.
It created a basic policy that any insurer could sell to comply with the mandatory offer law. The policy provided homeowners basic coverage for the roof over their heads, eliminating costly extras like swimming pools and patios.
In 1996, the California Legislature went one step further and created the California Earthquake Authority (CEA)—a not-for-profit, publicly managed, privately funded entity. Residential property insurers could offer their own earthquake insurance or become a CEA participating insurance company. Over the years, the CEA policy has added more options, including a retrofit discount for eligible homeowners.
First, why are they doing a report on the fire? Second, you can easily see how this government policy drove up home costs.
Cali is THE biggest customer of fossil fuels. The customer is always right.
The per capita total energy costs gasoline and electricity are very close to the national average
Climate and state subsidies for insulation and newer more fuel vehicles and less mileage pay off
Also Cali is rich as fuck! Earnings about 20000 dollars more than national avg.
Homeless people? They also choose Cali. Cali will provide a ticket yo any other state but they still choose Cali
Would Teach have been happier moving to Cali after graduation ? Better surfing! Most babe pics semm yo be taken in pics? Is that regret the reason for all his Cali obsession?
Jesus trump is forcing the globe to pursue alternative energy sources! Your Lard and Savior – your Blasphemer-in-Chief – craves attention – whether good or bad.
Are his good friends, the Saudis, increasing their crude production (they ship through the Suez canal)? Why doesn’t Mr trump just increase Venezuelan production?
“Earnings about 20,000 more …”. What would matter, of course, is how much of that is left after taxes and fees and other cost of living expenses.
Good point, Jl.
By state, Hawaii has the lowest disposable income (DI), which is what’s left after the costs of living are subtracted. ! It costs a lot to live in Hawaii. Washington has the highest.
After Hawaii, the 10 states with the lowest DI are Mississippi, Idaho, SC, Nevada, Montana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
Highest DI are in Washington, NY, Connecticut, Minnesota, Massachusett, Alaska, New Jersey, Maryland, Colorado and Illinois… California is 14th. Texas is 19th. Florida 37th.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/money-finance/heres-the-average-disposable-income-in-every-state-report/494646