Calif. planning green power revolution - Yahoo! News

Calif. planning green power revolution - Yahoo! News: "Taking global warming seriously

Among recent developments:

• Last month, Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger declared the global-warming debate 'over' - a step the Bush administration hasn't taken, although the president said Monday that climate change is a long-term issue - and announced a commitment to curbing greenhouse-gas emissions from homes, vehicles, industry and power plants.

• State regulators are writing rules that, in effect, would prohibit new out-of-state power plants from sending electricity to California if they spew large amounts of carbon dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas. The state currently imports about a fifth of its power.

• A 'One Million Solar Roofs' bill moving through the Legislature with Schwarzenegger's support would require builders to offer solar heating and cooling systems to new homebuyers. The goal is to jump-start the solar industry and bring costs down.

• Schwarzenegger and the governors of Wyoming, Nevada and Utah have agreed to pursue a $1.7 billion transmission project called the Frontier Line that would bring power generated in the interior West to California. It would carry electricity from solar and wind resources as well as from fossil fuels."

One Million Solar Roofs sounds good. Industry just has to offer the alternative - sort of like a non-smoking section. It a step in the right direction and allows the consumer and those all powerful market forces go to work.

It's still "deck chairs on the Titanic". The real problem is the growth that requires such enormous energy. ... but at least it's making people think - "Hey, fossil fuels is screwing us up. We should do SOMETHING."