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California Likely to Impose Drastic Carbon Dioxide Restrictions

posted by CoolHand on Wednesday August 31 2016, @05:37AM   
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.

links:

• the bill
• governor's statement
• Western States Petroleum Association statement
• San Jose Mercury-News
• UPI
• Vox

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Original Submission

• Re:Only state bureaucrats are happy (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 31 2016, @03:01PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 31 2016, @03:01PM (#395707)

  In my case it was buying stuff that I needed after I was thrown out of my parent's house (nearly literally, accused me of "drugs" and wanted to throw me in jail to teach me whatever f'ed up lesson they thought I needed, only one I learned was Austin 3:16 DTA Don't Trust Anybody).

  I'm not the only person to get thrown out a day after turning 18.

  What option is there? You want a decent job and you need a place to live. So you work a minimum wage job part time 45 hours per week with no benefits just to pay rent. Then you go massively into debt getting an education. Then you try to build a career with your shiny new degree only to learn that instead of the boundless opportunities you were promised as a child if you chose the profession you did, cleaning toilets has more job prestige and social status and when you ask for enough to at least have some hope of paying all your debt back and at least getting your head above water, they have you train your H1B replacement.

  Baby boomer and gen X assholes think it's still 1960 and you can still buy a car and get through college with a summer job living in your own place.

  If I'm ever able to have kids, I intend to focus on making sure they're financially able to leave the nest. Also like hell I'm sending them to the prisons that are government schools. Either my wife or I will need to stay at home to educate them. Make sure they don't grow up being force-fed shit and lies while being psychologically abused by peers, administrators, and dumbfuck teachers. (Remember, air pressure is what keeps things on the ground, not gravity, FFS how can you be that stupid and be allowed to teach?! And don't ask why A^2 + B^2 = C^2, just memorize that it does, because the teach has no fucking clue how to prove it out and is angry that you embarrassed him by asking an innocent question.)

  Want to know where all our debt comes from? The Selfish Generation. The Me, Me, Me Generation. Yeah, a lot of people on this site will get pissed off. You know when your adult kids decide to stop talking to you and cut you out of their life for good? Look in the mirror for the reason. You can't lie your ass off to somebody about how the world works for 18+ years, throw them out homeless in the name of "tough love," and expect them to still be able to stand the sight of you 15-20 years and 2-3 economic crashes later when they're still struggling to get their head above water.

  My dad gets stupider the older I get. Funny that. But keep on believing I just haven't "hard work"ed enough and am just lazy. I hope social security vanishes in 10 years. I'm prepared to retire without it. Can the Me, Me, Me Generation live without government handouts?

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