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I am glad California will use the money from “Cap and Trade” to
reduce GHG emissions. I am glad we will not allow a facility to
decrease its total emissions at the expense of emitting air
pollutants that impact disadvantaged communities. 

The cheapest way to decrease GHG is to reduce fossil fuel use by
conserving and efficiently using energy. Dress warmly in winter and
wear as little as needed in summer so living space can be 78
degrees F. in summer, 61 degrees F. in winter. Insulate. Paint all
roofs white. 

Put photovoltaic panels on every unshaded roof, unshaded parking
lot, canal and aqueduct, brownfield, former landfill or mining
sites,   superfund site, salted out or selenium-contaminated
retired farmland.

Transportation: Improve bus service in disadvantaged communities
and then elsewhere.  Someday electric trains must replace cars,
planes and diesel trains.

All organic waste must be returned to the soil or converted to
energy. If it takes energy to collect the waste, like crop residue,
it is probably best left in the field where it will emit GHG until
it decomposes into fertilizer. It would be nice to turn the waste
into the soil; but, that might require a fossil fueled tractor. If
the waste is all in one place, as in a Concentrated Animal Feeding
Operation (CAFO), biodigestion works. Of course we could save
money, decrease the saturated fat in our food and reduce methane
and carbon dioxide by restricting cows milk to baby cows and eating
less pizza and ice cream. Feed delivered to CAFOs should be
consumed before it emits too much GHG. Can the residue of
biodigestion yield energy?