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those could be numerous as well .
Also , the plan would reduce roughly 12,500 air-pollution premature mortalities per years , avoid $ 103 billion per year in health costs , and reduce California ’ s global climate cost by $ 48 billion per year .
Trevor Nielsen , writing for the Huffington Post , thinks implementing this plan is a no-brainer .
“ To recap , that is more jobs , more money , fewer deaths , cheaper energy
and less of it used ,” he writes . “ For the public the benefit is obvious : electricity will be cheaper , the air will be cleaner , and fewer people will die as a result .”
Nielsen also issues several calls to action for those in power to help make this plan a reality .
“ For policy-makers the message is clear : stop paying attention to silly efforts aimed at slowing the adoption of renewables funded by those who will lose money if renewables are
‘ While California has potentially the best shot of meeting its 2050 goal , other countries have made similar initiatives top priorities ’
The report comes from researchers at Stanford University near the San Francisco Bay Area . Similar reports have been done in New York and India
24 September 2014