NEED TO KNOW | A political climate: The battle over Prop 23 | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/video/a-political-climate-the-battle-ove... A California ballot initiative is getting national attention as the first time U.S. voters will determine policy on global warming — and out-of-state interests are spending millions to sway the result. Need to Know airs Fridays on PBS. Watch full-length episodes of Need to Know at http://video.pbs.org/program/1458405365/

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News & Politics

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• California
• Prop 23
• Proposition 23
• The Climate Desk
• midterm elections
• global warming
• climate change
• Koch brothers

[sjcpal]

Vote No , on 23 , if we don't start now it may be too late , what's it gonna take ...Waiting for Superman to come to Earth and spin the World in reverse to make the right choices ..We are awake America here in California

[doubleslottedflaps]

ventrue capitalist > yes those GREEDY venture capitalist duped you stupid voters into voting NO on prop 23 ! when california goes down the drain i will move across the river to arizona and laugh at you stupid no on 23 voters ! FOOLS !

[doubleslottedflaps]

hey you dumbassas that voted NO on 23 , did you HEAR the part about "venture capitalist have invested billions" ? yes the arnold schwartzniger him sef has invested millions in this and THEY are going to FORCE ALL Californians to pay dearly so they can get their investment back and start making billions via more expensive energy ! you fool that voted NO have ben duped by WALL STREET investors ! remember you FOOLS ,Wall Street tyrants are always going to find a way to dupe others out of money !

[doubleslottedflaps]

you stupid fools that voted NO on 23 just fucked ALL califorinians ! the crout thats the ca cov got AB32 passed for HIS legacy yet he flys around in HIS f n jet blowing crap out the tailpipe ! ALL this will do is raise fees on oil companies and those FEES will be passed on to all californians and gasoline could hit "$9.00" a gal in ca. ! electricity prices will go up and businesses will move out and the state will become a waste land ! you FOOLS that voted no on 23 can burn in hell !

[MrFutureTrillionaire]

Dear California, Got feasible green energy capacity right here and now to be truly weened and not self-starved? Nope. Got enough oil to fuel the third largest oil-consuming entity on the planet until you truly can offset it with green energy? Nope. Feel good about the Governor stereotyping, bad mouthing, and damaging otherwise great relationships with your biggest domestic suppliers? I'm shaking in my little billionaire boots. Got $10 a gallon? Much sooner than later. -Love, Texas

[spikesmth]

@Raphinater How many thousands of lung-related diseases would we avoid if Los Angeles had cleaner air? The medical care needed for these avoidable cases costs real money. Same with contaminated water supplies, fisheries & real estate damaged by oil spills. We call these inconveniences "externalities" and there's a lot of nasty ones associated with oil.

Whose revenue is increasing if it had passed? Economic gains would be minor.

[Raphinater]

@spikesmth overall increase in revenue. and please explain how pollution will make prices increase.

[spikesmth]

@Raphinater Ok, so energy prices would stay a little bit lower and everybody pays extra in the form of more pollution -> medical costs, broader climate implications, potential risk to food supplies. Jobs that would otherwise be in renewable energy stay in dirty energy. Oil use in general has foreign policy implications as well which make it undesirable. It's just an excuse to wait on something we're supposed to be 15 years ahead in by now. Don't mistake a quip for obliviousness.

[Raphinater]

@spikesmth you think this is only going to help the fat cats owning the oil companies? are you that oblivious? damn

[mquiroz90]

nice no 23 has win

[RandallFlaggNY]

Bend over Texas!!!!