The California fight against global warming and the GOP fear of new business

The Republicans in the California state house are all stuck in the dark ages, afraid of change and unwilling to accept that there is an environmental problem. To the GOP, change is always awful and regardless of the merit of the argument unless we're talking about invading a foreign country and having no idea what to do afterwards, then it makes perfect sense. What has puzzled me for a long time on the issue of alternative energies and global warming is that yes, this does mean change, but doesn't that also mean new business opportunities?

How blind does one have to be to not get that point. New opportunities means the chance to be at the cutting edge of a market that will be taking off. Becoming an early market leader means jobs, it means money it means tax dollars. Hello? What's the problem here? Are the anti-change people afraid of change because it's change? Are they afraid of change because they are already beholden to special interest groups who pay them handsomely and fund their political campaigns? Are they just so lacking in creativity that they miss the point that being a market leader will translate into new opportunities? Sheesh. How narrow minded, but tell me something new.