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California Likely to Impose Drastic Carbon Dioxide Restrictions

posted by CoolHand on Wednesday August 31 2016, @05:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the tonight-they're-going-to-pollute-like-its-1999 dept.

butthurt writes:

Both houses of the California legislature have passed a bill called SB-32 which would tell the California Air Resources Board "to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to 40% below the 1990 level by 2030." The state's Democratic governor has issued a statement indicating that he intends to sign it into law.

The Western States Petroleum Association and the California Manufacturers & Technology Association expressed their opposition to the bill.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 31 2016, @08:33AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 31 2016, @08:33AM (#395621)

    At this very minute I have nowhere to charge an EV if I had one.

    Solar (PV) panels possible?

  • (Score: 1) by anubi on Wednesday August 31 2016, @10:53AM

    by anubi (2828) on Wednesday August 31 2016, @10:53AM (#395642) Journal

    We are rapidly becoming a nation of apartment dwellers.

    Their options are severely limited by not owning any square feet of area to erect a panel.

    Also, at today's conversion efficiencies, it takes a home rooftop fully populated to provide a charge rate consistent with a timely charge for an EV pack [batteryuniversity.com]. ( ~7KW continuous DC feed ).

    --
    "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]

    • (Score: 2) by computersareevil on Thursday September 01 2016, @05:12PM

      by computersareevil (749) on Thursday September 01 2016, @05:12PM (#396270)

      And for that home rooftop to charge the vehicle, the vehicle has to be at the home.

      Which it's not because the owner is at work paying for the car, the panels, and the home.

      So the owner (if they're lucky) has to grid-tie the panels, then pay a fee to an electric company to have that electricity transported many miles away to where their car is.

      Or buy the electricity back at a loss to charge the car when they get home in the evening.

      And that all assumes the panels aren't covered with snow today. And the inverter works.

      So even a home dweller has issues with solar.