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But hey... barely any new homes due to costs are being built in Berkeley (a paltry number of units), so really won't be an effective solution.
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Berkeley's population at the 2010 Census was 112,580. The 2018 estimate is 121,643, an increase of 8%. For a city that has been built out for decades and is strangled by the University of California's independent authority to develop--or not develop--the land it owns, Berkeley isn't the worst city around here. But yes--it could and should do better. Maybe not having to install gas lines and appliances will lower the cost of residential construction, stimulating growth?
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And its all being powered by the electrical grid anyways, so utility rates are bound to go up.
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Oh really? What data do you have, and what are your sources?
I pay my PG&E bills--are you assuming new residents won't have to pay theirs? It's not like this is some free electricity program, any more than it was a free natural gas program before July.
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When it comes to climate change, its a global issue, not really a local issue.
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And yet, right now in Berkeley, global warming is a local issue! I know, I know--mind blown.
It turns out that's why this thread exists--to discuss how best to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the local level...oh, wait, no. That's not why this thread exists. This thread exists so right-wingers can sling their off-topic shit outside of the Current Events toilet.