Analysis: California's low-carb fuel move

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/19376.html

By CHRIS KILLIAN In an unprecedented move that California state officials hope will set an example on how the U.S. -- and even the world -- can reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the state announced it would reduce carbon emissions by 10 percent by 2020 by targeting polluting transportation fuels.

The Low Carbon Fuel Standard was unveiled Tuesday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and seeks an aggressive, comprehensive approach to significantly reducing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in a state that is the world's 12th largest producer of the emissions -- a significant cause of global warming.

It also creates the world's first global warming standard for transportation fuels.

Actual implementation of the plan won't begin until 2010, after a long process where state environmental and energy commissions assess what are the best alternative forms of energy to meet the goals outlined in the LCFS.

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is by sequestering carbon from coal and LNG power plants, including in saline aquifers and other underground formations. They're also talking about using the CO2 for enhanced oil recovery.

There's also wind, solar, geothermal, and 3 nukes proposed, but I'm worried that it's sort of a greenwashing effort; most of the solar sites are just a few megawatts, while the proposed coal sites are hundreds of megawatts. :(