Electric vehicles, plug-ins hybrids and rooftop solar installations are way more common in wealthier parts of Los Angeles County.
Residents of those ZIP Codes use more electricity, per person, than anywhere else in the county.
Some low-income families often can’t afford to use enough energy to stay warm or cool. As a result, they “continue to live in less comfortable housing and pay a larger proportion of their income for that discomfort,” the researchers write.By comparison, some wealthy families — who are more likely to be white — consume “in excess of what they require to meet their essential needs,” the study says.
“This level of consumption is clearly beyond what you need to provide for your survival, to allow you to be a functioning member of society,” he told me.Now let’s get into the climate policy realm. Similar to their energy-use findings, the researchers concluded that electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and rooftop solar installations are way more common in wealthier areas.
Fournier says the lesson for policymakers is clear: Redesign climate programs to distribute the clean energy wealth more equally, with the bulk of the money going to disadvantaged communities, whose residents are far more likely to be Black or Latino.
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