These guys should be outraged instead of clowning around about the fact that California is devolving into an impoverished state.
Washington Post (10/10/19) reports: "In the picture it shared on social media that went viral, the Pleasanton Police Department in Northern California took a map of the state, scribbled a bright red zigzag across its entirety and added 16 instructional arrows. 'PG&E says prepare for power shutdown in select areas of California marked in red,' the map said, referring to the Pacific Gas and Electric utility. In truth, the outage is impacting as many as a million households in more than 30 counties, but not the entire state. The Pleasanton Police Department’s post, which had drawn 42,000 shares and nearly 7,000 comments by Thursday morning, was meant as a tongue-in-cheek way to warn local residents about the widespread outage planned by PG&E this week. The blackout — the largest in the state’s history — is a preventive measure as California’s dry climate and sharp winds begin to spell the onset of wildfire season...And there were several digs at teenagers: 'Charge up those portable phone chargers tonight,' the post said. 'However, keep in mind, should your teen’s phone run out of battery it could be a good thing. Watching them go through Tik-Tok or Instagram withdrawals could be good entertainment. Heck, it could even put them dangerously close to having to read a book by flashlight or doing something creative.'"
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Meanwhile, the clowns in Sacramento scoff at real solutions.
Independent Institute (10/9/19) blog: What is really needed is less government interference in the energy and housing markets...Since the wildfire issue touches on such a variety of issues, it will take a number of reforms to provide a comprehensive solution. These include taking a more proactive approach to wildland management; protecting private property rights and allowing greater use of brush clearing, fire breaks and logging; freeing markets to allow for more truly affordable housing in less fire-prone urban and suburban areas; and allowing real competition in energy markets so that providers have the greatest incentives to keep prices low and safety standards high. Such solutions may not sound as exciting or headline-grabbing as legislation calling for taking billions of dollars from taxpayers’ pockets, but a holistic approach that respects both personal and economic liberty would do far more to reduce the harm of wildfires than more bureaucracy and government micromanagement."
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"Just slowing approval of pipelines has merit. If construction is delayed long enough to allow governments to come to their senses, we may prevent some pipelines from ever being built."
– James Hansen, Climate Activist
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