Like Europe, California is facing an energy crisis due to its anti-oil-and-gas policies, which are resulting in refinery closures, declining state oil production, and overreliance on imports, particularly for gasoline, a boutique fuel with specific requirements.
False. Just 15% of CA primary energy consumption comes from ‘renewables.’ More than 75% of CA energy consumption is from oil and gas — that’s higher than the national rate.
It is true that CA has embraced anti-hydrocarbon policies. The result?
CA has the highest electricity rates in the continental U.S., the highest gas prices, and the highest adjusted poverty rate in America.
I wouldn’t be bragging if that was my state.