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Originally Posted by redpoint5
CA has the fastest growing economy because it attracts the most innovators, and has a culture of materialism (more so than most other places in the country). Their economy is growing despite the high price of everything, including utilities, not because of it.
This might be fine for most Californians, but it has an outsized negative impact on the poor, which CA has plenty of.
Perhaps long term there will be some savings to be had by moving towards renewables, but that isn't evident yet. There will likely be no way to quantify the health impacts of going to renewables, other than the clear cases of technicians who fall to their deaths while installing solar roofs, or while working on wind turbines.
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So, innovations for renewable energy will help the economy; and not hurt it.
There are plenty of ways to quantify the health effects of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels use / pollute a
lot of water, as well.