http://www.altenergymag.com/emagazine/2011/04/sb-x-1-2-and-california%E2%80%99s-new-energy-future-/1716
The story starts off saying that Jerry Brown (above) had just signed a new energy bill for california. The law states that all California energy producers must have 33% of their energy from renewable sources. This really makes California become one of the best states for renewable energy. California has always been an efficient state when it comes to energy and this law would put them near the top for renewable energy. What California is also trying to do is put the U.S. at the top for supporting renewable energy because right now China is at the top. Now this law will not be able to go in immediate effect so they have set interims for the energy producers. By 2013 they want 20% of the energy renewable, 25% by 2016 and then the final 33% by 2020. When the law states renewable it means that it must come from a renewable energy producing facility.
To me this is a step up to what we all should be doing. It seems as though we should all look at California and try to do the same. I can see in the near future that many states will adapt to this same law and start to use renewable energy for most of their energy productions. Yet we would have to have many places to create any form of renewable energy. Hopefully our governor will look at more renewable energy spots here and we can be as energy efficient as California is going to be. This is a great thing to happen to this country and hopefully we will do the same.
1. How much renewable energy do you want our country to be using by the year 2030?
2. If you had a choice what types of renewable energy would you use?
3. Do you think it is possible for 33% of our energy to come from renewable sources? If so when do you think this might happen?
4. If you were a major energy producer what would you think about this law?
I think this has to be one of the best ideas yet. by making it a law it is then required of the state to use renewable energy and then people will feel *inspired* persay to make new forms of renewable energy because we will need more. plus if it is mandatory then people will have an insentive to make more forms of energy becasue it has a good chance of being successful.i think that all of the states should have a law somewhat like this one because it will definatly improove our economy and environment.
ReplyDeleteI can't really relate to this but i can connect it to everything that we learned in class. i know that this is possible becasue we talked about how many different kinds of renewable energy there are and how more and more are being thought of all the time. this insures me that this is definatly possible for the whole world to switch mostly to these energies.
i hope to so the US at at least 20% nationwide by 2030 but hopefully mor like 30 or 35%. if i had the choice of renewable energy i would probably choose solar wind and hydroelectric.i think that we could have 33% of our energy come from renewable sources by 2040 but hopefully more. i think that many people are definatly against change so this could slow down the process
I agree, I think we should all try to do the same as California as well, because it will definitely help cut down on the use of fossil fuels!! Hopefully by using this plan, the estimates about renewable energy and how it will change will come true, other wise we'll have to start creating other bills and ways to help stop this on going problem, other than just alternative energy sources.
ReplyDeleteThis reminded me of what I heard of the news recently about Arnold Schwarzenegger. He use to be the governor or something of California, don't think he is anymore but I'm not 100% sure on that since I haven't looked into politics for CA for a while. Anyway, what I heard on Schwarzenegger on the news was that apparently he and his long time wife, Maria Shriver, recently separated. I know marriage separation has NOTHING to do with this article, but the fact that he was once a big California politician who was passing laws (such as no talking on the phone when driving) and other things, well that reminded me of the guy in the paragraph above who recently passed this bill.
2. If I had a choice, I'd probably use tidal energy as my renewable resource. I've always wanted to move to the coast, in a seaside town, and if I ever do fulfill that dream, that would be the best source of renewable energy to use for me considering I'd be leaving right near the water side. It may not always be reliable, but it's better than continuing to harm our earth, right?