Hillhater said:Its no use comparing energy to inflation, if you income does not increase at the same rate.
In many countries , Europe, Australia, UK, etc ,..electricity (and gas) prices have doubled and trippled in the past 5-10 years. Income has not. Unemployment has also increased.
Many countries already have social subsidies for power bills, but as with any social funding , it is way insufficient !
You forget , that in California you have a very privelidged life style, immune from much of the worlds issues.
Yes, it's different over there, where they have really taxed the living shit out of energy, and i would say what they did in your side of the world was very over the top.
But something needs to happen to reduce our footprint here. China only recently overtook us as the world's #1 polluter, buuutt..... they have 4 times the people of the USA and i'd say 25% of their entire industry is dedicated to serving the west, so a good part of China is basically just the west's 'long tailpipe'.
I actually live in Utah where energy is extremely cheap and a thousand or so people die yearly from pollution during our 2 inversion seasons, which last 2-3 months each. There are other states in the USA like mine.
I guess i am arguing more for my situation than yours. Europe and Australia are pretty damn energy efficient compared to the United States. Drivin' 1 liter cars and such in the UK.. wow.