I think the difference between people’s awareness on those two props really shows how money is the only way to win a ballot measure. sadly.

Sure it is fast growing, but it will never make up for lost jobs if we take an unbalanced approach to it. California has already lost over 100 billion dollars in proven revenue and income just this year, and over 30,000 jobs LAST MONTH with a total of 2.3 MILLION people out of work. We need to become less hostile to business here in California, not more hostile. We are already in a full-blown crisis, in the frying pan so to speak, and AB 32 will tip us into the fire.

Proposition 23 would attempt to sew the threads of impasse and would stall American innovation, opportunity and healthy competitiveness. However that’s not where we’re headed. We’re headed toward a broad future with renewables coexisting with fossil fuels; one day surpassing them. May that come very soon for everyones’ sake.

It describes the scenario before us.

It seems mindless to create an industry that is entirely dependent on a myth combined with government regulations for its viability. Eventually the myth will be recognized by all and the governmental rug will be pulled out. AB 32’s ultimate destiny is to crash.

Check on the history of the Kenetech windmill company in the 1990s. The current green gadget folks will be heading the same way.

Instead of letting Green Tech get bloated on a fabricated bubble, better to let the air out now and redirect investments to real red, white and blue jobs that you can depend on for raising a family.

See my essay “AB 32 – some myths and some truths” at http://ronkilmartin.wordpress.com. Therein I list and discuss eleven reasons to vote yes on Proposition 23.

Texas has managed to install triple the wind powered electrical generation as California, and has managed to do it without a job-killer like AB 32, actually growing its economy at the same rate that California’s is shrinking.

California is very hostile to business, and AB 32 will only make us more hostile to business. Just this year businesses have spent over 4 billion dollars to LEAVE California, taking hundreds of billions of dollars in jobs and revenue with them.

Green energy will never amount to more than a fraction of the jobs in California, but AB 32 will put even more drag on California’s economy, and lower the standard of living for the vast majority of us in California.

Please vote Yes on Proposition 23. It really is about jobs and the economy.

Very few voters have taken the time to read AB 32.

AB 32 was enacted before the facts were known. It simply needs to strip out the Cap and Trade provision and reliance on Green House Gas assumptions and its potentially a piece of leadership legislation. Sustainability, Clean Energy, and Stewardship are great goals but not at the expense of Common Sense.

AB 32 needs to eliminate the Cap and Trade provisions 70% of America Opposes, eliminate the unnecessary oversight Fees, eliminate the reliance on flawed Green House Gas assumptions, correct the vague language that will introduce Environmental Red Tape that will do more damage than good, ensure AB 32 doesn’t undermine The Rule of Law, and make non-governmental agencies like CARB accountable to the taxpayer for their mistakes.

Voting YES on Prop 23 makes the most sense until AB 32 is fixed and we can afford it.