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Who’s Behind This Anti-California-Ruling Media Blitz?

By Frank Andorka, Senior Correspondent

What Happened: David Roberts, aka Dr. Vox, penned an article that essentially spent 1,000 words arguing for and against California’s “all three-story houses must have solar” ruling, only to end up with a shruggy emoji to say, “Who knows how it will go?”

  • Since the article itself offers little in the way of serious argument (it’s a wordy listicle), I want to focus instead on the media blitz that has produced pieces like this.
  • It will be interesting to see when it comes out – and it will – who is behind the slew of negative coverage of the decision.

    • California ruling

    SolarWakeup’s View:  For whatever reason, the California Energy Commission’s decision to require all new three-story (or fewer) homes to have solar on them has unleashed something of an unexpected backlash, even in unexpected places.

    It even showed up at the Center for American Progress panel on climate change that I wrote about earlier, when Amy Harder asked climate activist Mustafa Ali if the California ruling would be a good idea for the low-income communities with which he works (he said it depends on the structure of the law).

    Leaving aside the fact it only applies to new homes, what the heck was the point of the question? Couldn’t everyone benefit from lower electricity bills?

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    And see, that’s the kind of digression on which opponents of the ruling, who are currently lurking around just out of sight but who are pushing this anti-solar narrative nevertheless, want solar advocates to focus. It’s like a blitz in the NFL: the goal is to overwhelm the blocking scheme with so many pass rushers that the one person they should be focused on gets through to sack the quarterback.

    I believe the current anti-solar blitz, focusing on the California ruling, is designed to distract from how revolutionary and visionary the idea is and how it could become more prevalent across the country if the California ruling succeeds (which it will) in lowering carbon emissions and making life healthier for the state’s citizens.

    So let’s not get distracted, OK, Dr. Vox? I know you just want to help, but allowing yourself to be distracted by the big shiny bauble the anti-solar crowd is waving in your face is NOT helpful.

    More:

    California will require solar panels on all new homes. That’s not necessarily a good thing. (Editor’s note: It’s almost UNIVERSALLY a good thing.)

    Panel Says We Will Win The Climate Change Battle (Their Mouths To Universe’s Ears)