Strike 83

Another reason for people to put California in their rear-view mirror:

Meanwhile, in California, Gov. Schwarzenegger has done a deal with the legislature to cap greenhouse gas emissions, essentially imposing Kyoto on his state. The bill requires that emissions be cut by 25 per cent by 2020 and directs CARB to use "market-based compliance mechanisms". California already has the highest electricity and gasoline prices in the nation and has already squeezed energy consumption out of the economy. Although productive citizens and industry are fleeing the State, population (and therefore energy consumption) continues to rise rapidly due to illegal immigration. It is hard to escape the conclusion that what California has done today, just as it is becoming apparent to everyone that Europe, Canada, and Japan are not going to meet their Kyoto commitments to cut emissions, is to decide to join the Third World.