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    (CNN) -- California is set to become the first U.S. state to impose a cap on greenhouse gas emissions. A landmark plan agreed by legislators and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would require the state's major industries to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by an estimated 25 percent by 2020. We asked CNN.com readers to send in their thoughts on California's plan. Here is a selection of responses, some of which have been edited: Way to go California and Arnie! Now let's hope the rest of the country will follow suit! It's
a great effort and kudos to California, but is it enough? We are
setting ourselves up to be behind the 8-ball and need to act as quickly
as possible. California
should learn by its own example that tougher emission standards do NOT
work! [California] has the toughest around, and still has the worst
pollution problem in the country. When are people going to wake up and
stop costing taxpayers more money to accomplish virtually nothing? California
has shown solid leadership on this issue while the Bush Administration
is simply dragging its feet. The science is clear about the effects of
human activity on the Earth's temperature, and the long-term effects it
will have. Thank goodness California's leaders had the foresight, and
guts, to do something about this while there is still time. There
is so much disinformation on global warming. This bill may or may not
have any effect on the environment. There are multiple scientific
studies that show both warming and cooling trends all around the world.
Environmentalist groups mostly consist of a bunch of lawyers and phony,
uninformed celebrities who attend environment conferences, then drive
to their 10,000-square foot homes in their SUVs. Enough with the
hypocrisy! I
believe this is a great sign. California should be the first because
all the states will follow when they see CA going green, and it works
and creates jobs. We have the technology to do it. California already
has test communities going green and it is working. The American people
are ready to go green. We need a leader. Having
just returned from California and seen the growth of wind farms and
alternative energy vehicles all over California, I have to say thank
God for Gov. Schwarzenegger and the example he is setting. If the other
big states don't get on board soon it may be too late. Although getting
a Texan to drive anything that doesn't have a tailgate, big tires, a
gun rack and gets double digits in gas mileage may be impossible! This,
along with the new $8.00 minimum wage will cause many businesses to
flee California for more business-friendly states like Nevada and
Colorado, making net migration out of California intensify in the years
to come. California led the
nation in car emissions. It is long overdue that someone led the nation
in [reducing] all emissions! Just because industry has someone in the
White House they can hide behind doesn't mean that we all have to trade
our health for their profits. Isn't that what this really all comes
down to? A
25% decrease in greenhouse emissions from only major industries over
the next 14 years is purely symbolic. It will have virtually no effect
whatsoever on global warming. This is such a tiny amount when you
consider that we will have far more then that amount increased over the
next 14 years just from economic growth. As a society, are we prepared
to make it even more difficult for a refinery to stay/go into business
when we have a dangerously low number of refineries as it is? I do
admire the state of California for creating this law, if in fact they
are doing it because they are truly concerned with our environment and
not simply to get the environmentalist vote at the polls. The
idea to impose government regulations to fix a problem has merit. My
one question is: we've been coming out of an ice age for thousands of
years, -up is a result of human intervention and what is just the
natural cycles that have occurred throughout time? Global
warming is a hoax but if California wants to chase away all the rest of
their industries to other states, we will gladly take them. |
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