Wednesday, May 30, 2007
A glimpse into all our future?
here’s your sign petard
In 2006, residents of Berzerkeley CA voted their city government a mandate for fascism mandate to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050. City officials hustled to stick their noses up everyone’s sleeves make plans and take action.
-- Residents will be told exactly how many carbon units they’re generating based on the cars they own, the distances they drive, the waste they generate and the energy they consume...
--no incandescent lightbulbs, Wedgewood stoves or gas-powered water heaters…
-- residents forced to ...upgrade all their kitchen appliances… [to] high-efficiency appliances, solar-powered water heaters, insulation in the walls…
-- builders will use only recycled and green materials…
-- Landlords will be required to provide free bus passes to tenants…
-- the city plans to create an assessment district to help residents buy solar panels for their homes…
-- Incentives and legislation will make common many activities only a few practice now—walking to work, using cloth shopping bags, buying locally grown produce, shutting off appliances and reducing their use of nonrecyclable packaging....
-- a car-share vehicle on every block [I have no idea what that is]...also notes that the city’s method of tabulating emissions seems “fuzzy.”... But the accounting details are irrelevant, said Dan Kammen, a professor at UC Berkeley’s Energy and Resource Group.
“Berkeley is one of the first cities to do this, and I think they’re entitled to some creative bookkeeping,” he said.
Help! Help! My reason is being assaulted!
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