It WAS the best of states, it IS the worst of states.
Real Clear Energy (9/29/20) column: "One is often at a loss to explain California to people from other planets—like, say, earth. This is a state that issues mandates for electrification of everything while reducing its generating capacity. It blames devastating fires on climate change, without taking the blame for forestry practices that helped make the seasonal fires much worse. In California, pot is legal, but owning a car with a gas engine, however clean, may soon not be, and climate skeptics of any stripe face opprobrium, consignment to obscurity, and—if they have assets—court dates. To understand how a state could adopt what often seem insane policies, impoverishing its people while claiming the mantle of social justice, you need to consult the state’s unique history. California is just not like other places, and you won’t get anywhere without understanding that."
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"Many Democrats have spent the last decade promising to rid the nation of these fuels, even relatively clean-burning natural gas. But the reality is that the U.S. economy could not run without fossil fuels, and attempts by central planners to force the nation off of them are bound to inflict severe economic pain on American households."
– Jonathan Miltimore,
Foundation for Economic Education
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