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Tatyana
Elite Mentor
ARnie may have redeemed himself, IMO, even though he did allow the founder of the Crips, and now anti-gang campaigner be executed. He may not turn out to be such a scary governator after all!
Only in the States would they elect a former BB and movie star, and supports my fav statement "It came from California"!!!!
FRom New SCientist 21 January 2006 pg 18
Since becoming California' s governor in 22003, I have travelled the world promoting my great state, meeting with government officials, business leaders and ordinary citizens,. THere are many challenges that confront this international community, but one in particlar was ont he minds of nearly everyone: global warming.
They all wanted to discuss it withme, espeially since I RECENTLY COMMITTED caLIFORNIA TO LEADING THE WORLDWIDE EFFORT TO FIGHT GLobal warming, . By 2010, we will reducle greenhourse gases to the levels we produced in 2000, by 2020, we will cut back to 1990 levels.
The science shows that human-made pollution has added more than 50 per cent of thenatural level of carbondioxide in our atmosphere...........
That's why I say the debate is over. WE know the science and we see the threat. ost of all, I say that the time for action is now. Global warming, and the pollution and burning of fossil fuels that cause it, threatens every person inthe world
Those are the main reasons I take global warming so seriously, but to be honest I have 10 million more reasons: the children of California, including four of my own. WHile we already face impacts from global warming, it is our children who will be harmed the most if we don't act aggressively and promptly t revese these trends. ..............
My programs for a million solar roofs, the hydrogen highway initiative (which aims to catayse a move towards a hydrogen fueled transport in the state), and obtaining more energy from farm waste and other biomass will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emmissions, while simultaneously making us more energy-independent. And these measures save money too.l
WE will also make our 70,000 state vehicles the cleanest, greenest in nation, and thanks to our landmark greenhouse gas law, from 2009 all new vehicles sold in California will emit significantly lower levels of greenhouse gases than today's vehicles. Other states and nations are following this example and adopting our standards.
But this is only the beginning. The California Public Utilities Commission recently launched the largest energy-efficiency investment programme in the history of the US utility industry, with some $ 2 bilion committed over the next three years aimed at saving the equivalent of three giant coal-fired power plants. This should cut CO2 emissions by more than 3 million tonnes pe year-equivalent to taking 650,000 cars off the road.
We also have the nation's most ambitious plans for renewable energy and expect that by 2010 we will get at least 20 percent of our electricity supply from clean renewable sources and a third by 2020. But traditional powe soruces such as coal must be cleaner too.......requires any new electricity plant emit no more greenhouse gases per kilowatt-hour than a new combined-cycle naural gas turbine. The challenge to the coal industry is clear: if you want California investment, you must take global warming seriously.
There is also our Green building initiative,which aims to make state buildings among teh most energy-efficient inthe nation. I have also put the state on an energy "diet" :as the largest consumer of electricity in California, the state government itselof is on a path to reduce its energy use by 20 percent within a decade..............
Everyone can reduce car trips and conserve energy energy in their homes and businesses-two things that will reduce greenhouse gases immediately.
Everyone can also join me in calling on the US federal government government to double vehicle fuel economy. And everyone can call on their electricity providers to generate clean, renewable energy, and demand that coal power come only from the cleanest new technologies.
Our experience in California and my conversations with people around the world convince me that there is unity around the uregent need for action on global warming. Or as President John F Kennedy said:
"In the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breath the same air. We all cherish our children's futures"
Let us unite around those simple, incontrovertible values and take actions now
Excuse the typos.....
Big love to the ladies
REspect
Only in the States would they elect a former BB and movie star, and supports my fav statement "It came from California"!!!!
FRom New SCientist 21 January 2006 pg 18
Since becoming California' s governor in 22003, I have travelled the world promoting my great state, meeting with government officials, business leaders and ordinary citizens,. THere are many challenges that confront this international community, but one in particlar was ont he minds of nearly everyone: global warming.
They all wanted to discuss it withme, espeially since I RECENTLY COMMITTED caLIFORNIA TO LEADING THE WORLDWIDE EFFORT TO FIGHT GLobal warming, . By 2010, we will reducle greenhourse gases to the levels we produced in 2000, by 2020, we will cut back to 1990 levels.
The science shows that human-made pollution has added more than 50 per cent of thenatural level of carbondioxide in our atmosphere...........
That's why I say the debate is over. WE know the science and we see the threat. ost of all, I say that the time for action is now. Global warming, and the pollution and burning of fossil fuels that cause it, threatens every person inthe world
Those are the main reasons I take global warming so seriously, but to be honest I have 10 million more reasons: the children of California, including four of my own. WHile we already face impacts from global warming, it is our children who will be harmed the most if we don't act aggressively and promptly t revese these trends. ..............
My programs for a million solar roofs, the hydrogen highway initiative (which aims to catayse a move towards a hydrogen fueled transport in the state), and obtaining more energy from farm waste and other biomass will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emmissions, while simultaneously making us more energy-independent. And these measures save money too.l
WE will also make our 70,000 state vehicles the cleanest, greenest in nation, and thanks to our landmark greenhouse gas law, from 2009 all new vehicles sold in California will emit significantly lower levels of greenhouse gases than today's vehicles. Other states and nations are following this example and adopting our standards.
But this is only the beginning. The California Public Utilities Commission recently launched the largest energy-efficiency investment programme in the history of the US utility industry, with some $ 2 bilion committed over the next three years aimed at saving the equivalent of three giant coal-fired power plants. This should cut CO2 emissions by more than 3 million tonnes pe year-equivalent to taking 650,000 cars off the road.
We also have the nation's most ambitious plans for renewable energy and expect that by 2010 we will get at least 20 percent of our electricity supply from clean renewable sources and a third by 2020. But traditional powe soruces such as coal must be cleaner too.......requires any new electricity plant emit no more greenhouse gases per kilowatt-hour than a new combined-cycle naural gas turbine. The challenge to the coal industry is clear: if you want California investment, you must take global warming seriously.
There is also our Green building initiative,which aims to make state buildings among teh most energy-efficient inthe nation. I have also put the state on an energy "diet" :as the largest consumer of electricity in California, the state government itselof is on a path to reduce its energy use by 20 percent within a decade..............
Everyone can reduce car trips and conserve energy energy in their homes and businesses-two things that will reduce greenhouse gases immediately.
Everyone can also join me in calling on the US federal government government to double vehicle fuel economy. And everyone can call on their electricity providers to generate clean, renewable energy, and demand that coal power come only from the cleanest new technologies.
Our experience in California and my conversations with people around the world convince me that there is unity around the uregent need for action on global warming. Or as President John F Kennedy said:
"In the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breath the same air. We all cherish our children's futures"
Let us unite around those simple, incontrovertible values and take actions now
Excuse the typos.....
Big love to the ladies
REspect
