In recent years California citizens have decided against new electric power generation projects within their jurisdiction and to enforce strict air pollution standards on any existing facilities.
This is great as long as the people making this decision pay the cost. Unfortunately the cost of these decisions are not being borne only be the citizens of California. The bad decisions of the citizens of California have produced an energy crisis in what is called the Northwest for which all citizens in what is called the Northwest must pay the price.
Here I sit in Vancouver BC Canada paying outrageous prices for natural gas because of the demand in California for natural gas for heating and electrical generation purposes. I feel California should pay for their previous decisions themselves, if you don't want power plants don't use power or pay the complete premium for your decision.
Of course the system can never be made to work in this way so here I sit in Canada paying for bad decisions in California.
I live in California, and I agree 100% with your statements. The reason we aren't "paying our fair share" has to do not with greedy corporations, but with the ignorant peasants whinging to the government. -- A quote from Petro's Archives: ********************************************** "Despite almost every experience I've ever had with federal authority, I keep imagining its competence." John Perry Barlow