Rather than cost money, California's plans to fight global warming and improve energy efficiency will boost household incomes by $48 billion and create as many as 403,000 jobs in the next 12 years, according to a UC Berkeley economic study released Monday. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
A very short article on a very complex subject. However, I applaud the effort to delve beyond the attention grabbing numbers cited in the first paragraph, to explain how the study reached the conclusion it did. As always, I die a little inside when the result of complex quantitative model is summarized as 'Plan X will boost household income by $48 billion in 12 years.' But when it comes to journalism about science, beggars can't be choosers.
