Energy and California
Jerry Brown (Democrat) will take over from retiring Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (Republican). Edmund G. Brown, Jr., known as Jerry, was born in San Francisco on April 7, 1938. Brown was elected Governor in 1974 and reelected in 1978, by over one million votes. During Governor Brown’s tenure, California significantly reduced taxes and built up the largest state surplus ever. His eight years in office are generally considered among the most innovative in California history. He established in particular, the country’s first building and appliance energy efficiency standards and made California the leader in solar and alternative energy.
Jerry Brown says: “When I was governor, California was the world leader in renewable energy and it led the nation in efficiency standards. Our programs saved California consumers billions and created nearly 1.5 million jobs. Until the early 1990’s, nearly all renewable energy development in the US occurred in California, which at one time had more than 90% of the world’s wind energy capacity. That has changed– China is now the world’s top renewable energy producer, and Texas and Iowa generate more wind power than California. As we face the devastation to our job market caused by the mortgage meltdown and the Wall Street debacle, we need to find a way to get California working again. Investing in clean energy and increasing efficiency are central elements of rebuilding our economy. It will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, build the businesses of the 21st century, increase energy independence, and protect public health.”
Given the disastrous economic situation in California, Jerry Brown has decided to adopt an unusual approach to setting up his administrative services: where these services are working well, he plans to keep the managerial staff, even if they were put in place by his predecessor. He intends to depart from traditional behaviour in a bid to save time and not add further to California’s debts.
Jerry Brown is also the one who made California a “Nuclear Free State”. Will he follow the opposite path?
Many economic officials believe that a return to the nuclear option is necessary and inevitable. There are already projects underway in this respect. Apart from the hostility of the majority of the general public, politicians dread the negative effect of the time this will take to accomplish and the costs of the initial investments. But many of them are already determined to head in this direction, even if they are still in the minority.
Jerry Brown, mwanademokrasia wa California, atachukua nafasi ya Gavana Arnold Schwarzenegger, wa Republican. Edmund G. Brown Jr. (Jerry) alizaliwa San Francisco, California, Marekani, tarehe 7 Aprili 1938. Brown alichaguliwa kuwa gavana mwaka 1974 na kuchaguliwa tena mwaka 1978 kwa kura zaidi ya milioni moja. Wakati wa utawala wa Gavana Brown, California ilipunguza kodi kwa kiasi kikubwa na kujenga ziada kubwa zaidi ya serikali milele. Miaka yake minane katika ofisi kwa ujumla inachukuliwa kati ya ubunifu zaidi katika historia ya California. Alianzisha hasa, nchi ya kwanza ya ujenzi na vifaa viwango vya ufanisi wa nishati na alifanya California kiongozi katika nishati ya jua na mbadala. "Jerry Brown alisema: ""Kama gavana, California ilikuwa kiongozi wa ulimwengu katika nishati mbadala na iliongoza taifa katika viwango vya ufanisi." Programu zetu zimeokoa watumiaji wa California mabilioni na kuunda karibu kazi milioni 1.5 Hadi mwanzoni mwa miaka ya 1990, karibu maendeleo yote ya nishati mbadala nchini Marekani yalitokea California, ambayo wakati mmoja ilikuwa na zaidi ya 90% ya uwezo wa nishati ya upepo duniani. Hiyo imebadilika - China sasa ni mtayarishaji mkuu wa nishati mbadala ulimwenguni, na Texas na Iowa hutengeneza nishati ya upepo zaidi kuliko California. """Kama tunavyokabiliwa na uharibifu wa soko letu la kazi, unaosababishwa na mlipuko wa mikopo ya nyumba na mlipuko wa Wall Street, tunahitaji kupata njia ya kufanya California ifanye kazi tena." Uwekezaji katika nishati safi na kuongeza ufanisi ni vipengele vya msingi vya kujenga upya uchumi wetu. "Kutakuwa na mamia ya maelfu ya ajira, kujenga biashara ya karne ya 21, kuongeza uhuru wa nishati, na kulinda afya ya umma. ""Kwa kuzingatia hali mbaya ya kiuchumi huko California, Jerry Brown ameamua kutumia mbinu isiyo ya kawaida ya kuanzisha huduma zake za kiutawala: ambapo huduma hizi zinafanya kazi vizuri, anapanga kuweka wafanyikazi wa usimamizi, hata kama waliwekwa na mtangulizi wake." Ana nia ya kuondoka kutoka kwa tabia ya jadi katika jitihada ya kuokoa muda na si kuongeza zaidi kwa madeni ya California. Jerry Brown pia ni mmoja ambaye alifanya California "Nuclear Free State". Je, atafuata njia iliyo kinyume? Maafisa wengi wa kiuchumi wanaamini kwamba kurudi kwa chaguo la nyuklia ni muhimu na haiwezekani. Tayari kuna miradi inayofanywa katika suala hili. Mbali na uhasama wa wengi wa umma, wanasiasa wanaogopa athari mbaya ya muda ambao itachukua kufanikisha na gharama za uwekezaji wa awali. Lakini wengi wao tayari wameazimia kwenda katika mwelekeo huu, hata kama bado ni wachache.