Energy Affordability Map
Read state-by-state facts about advantages and infrastructure already in place by choosing a state from the map below.
California
Did you know? Natural gas has become the most commercially viable fuel of choice, leading to job creation, economic expansion, clean air, American energy independence, and, for producing states, tax revenue growth. For California citizens, natural gas is the path to prosperity that improves job security, increases disposable income, and provides better health for everyone and lower medical bills because of cleaner air.
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The Effects of the Green New Deal
Household Costs for the Green New Deal’s Electricity Mandate
One estimate puts the cost of the Green New Deal’s renewable electricity mandate alone at $490.5 billion per year. And, since the Green New Deal includes no clear funding sources for the trillions of dollars in mandates it proposes, there is no way to know how or, more importantly, who will pay for it all. The table below shows the thousands in annual costs to American households if the Green New Deal’s renewable electricity mandate were passed on to consumers in their electric bills.
(Sources: American Enterprise Institute)
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The Green New Deal’s renewable electricity mandate could cost households in California $1,885 more a year.
Most American Cars Would Not Meet the Green New Deal’s Zero-Emission Transportation Mandate The Green New Deal calls for “overhauling” transportation systems in the United States including “zero-emission vehicle infrastructure and manufacturing.” This monumental goal of pushing Americans into costly and inconvenient electric vehicles is one of the plan’s farthest reaches. If a zero-emission transportation overhaul were implemented millions of cars in every state would need to be removed from the streets.
(Sources: U.S. Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center, U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Highway Policy Information)
NOTE: Information is based on light-duty vehicle registration statistics. Electric vehicles and hydrogen-fuel cell vehicles are commonly considered zero-emission options for light duty vehicles. State-level registration of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is not available. However, according to the U.S. Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles only represented 0.1% of alternative fuel vehicle registrations in 2019.
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If the Green New Deal were implemented, 12,892,489 cars—93.45% of the cars in California—would not meet its zero-emission transportation mandate.
Family Farms Stand to Lose Billions From the Green New Deal’s Agriculture Mandates The Green New Deal calls for the removal of pollution and emissions from the agricultural sector and for a “sustainable” food system. One of the vague ways the resolution proposes to accomplish this is by “supporting family farming.” The majority of U.S. farms—almost 96 percent—are already family farms. So, a wide-ranging “overhaul” of the sector will assuredly affect these millions of farming households. According to the EPA, agriculture accounts for only 10% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, yet eliminating emissions from livestock and other animals alone would cost American farmers billions. Further, assuming a “sustainable” food system would incorporate the requirements of organic farming or something similar, then over 99 percent of U.S. farms would have to transform their operations.
(Sources: 2017 Census of Agriculture, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; United States Environmental Protection Agency; USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture)
90% of California farms are family farms but only 5% farm organically. If farm products like livestock that do not meet the Green New Deal zero agricultural emission mandate were eliminated, California farmers stand to lose $15.74 billion a year.