Comments on: If you worry about the impact of climate mitgation on the poor http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/30/if-you-worry-about-the-impact-of-climate-mitgation-on-the-poor/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:50:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Earl Killian http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/30/if-you-worry-about-the-impact-of-climate-mitgation-on-the-poor/#comment-6520 Earl Killian Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:23:16 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/30/if-you-worry-about-the-impact-of-climate-mitgation-on-the-poor/#comment-6520 Joe makes a critical observation. We want the price of energy to rise, but keep energy outlays by consumers roughly the same through the use of efficiency. Higher energy prices motivate yet more efficiency and also make renewable energy cost-competitive. This is the situation in California and a few other states. Electricity prices are higher, but energy use per capita is as much as 44% lower, so the electric bill remains about the same as for consumers in the rest of the U.S. Few people appreciate how much energy efficiency opportunities are there, and yet the California experiment shows that they are perfectly feasible without affecting our standard of living. Joe makes a critical observation. We want the price of energy to rise, but keep energy outlays by consumers roughly the same through the use of efficiency. Higher energy prices motivate yet more efficiency and also make renewable energy cost-competitive. This is the situation in California and a few other states. Electricity prices are higher, but energy use per capita is as much as 44% lower, so the electric bill remains about the same as for consumers in the rest of the U.S. Few people appreciate how much energy efficiency opportunities are there, and yet the California experiment shows that they are perfectly feasible without affecting our standard of living.

]]> By: Ron http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/30/if-you-worry-about-the-impact-of-climate-mitgation-on-the-poor/#comment-6523 Ron Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:15:13 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/30/if-you-worry-about-the-impact-of-climate-mitgation-on-the-poor/#comment-6523 I'm off-topic in this thread, as usual maybe, but just wondering: Can anybody shed some light for me on the fact that John Christy disagrees so much with Al Gore? Who should we Believe? I’m off-topic in this thread, as usual maybe, but just wondering: Can anybody shed some light for me on the fact that John Christy disagrees so much with Al Gore? Who should we Believe?

]]> By: Ron http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/30/if-you-worry-about-the-impact-of-climate-mitgation-on-the-poor/#comment-6533 Ron Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:24:09 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/30/if-you-worry-about-the-impact-of-climate-mitgation-on-the-poor/#comment-6533 Well, we can talk about Dr. Christy later. I should comment on the CBPP's major climate program while I'm here. To be blunter than usual, I'd say they just pulled those figures out of their asses. They are meaningless. Who is paying for this study anyway? Well, we can talk about Dr. Christy later. I should comment on the CBPP’s major climate program while I’m here.

To be blunter than usual, I’d say they just pulled those figures out of their asses. They are meaningless.

Who is paying for this study anyway?

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