“How about a coherent energy policy where we add a reasonable tax to gasoline, thereby encouraging fuel sipping and then use every cent of that revenue to address these structural needs?”
How about Christmas every day? How about a host of unrealistic goodies?
Most of what was written is mush like the nonsense about solar being cheaper than conventional. Yes, it is, if you count in all of the silly cross subsidies and taxes. That is the problem. There is so much finagling with “energy policy” that there is zero possibility of “coherent” policy.
If you want “coherent” policy, get rid of all the sill;y government goodies – tax breaks, subsidies and taxes – and start to full-cost everything. Then you will get a “coherent” policy.
This article is yet another illustration of the crazy way that everything is done in California and the screw-ball results that arise.
“Coherent policy” – Not likely.
