California’s Politics of Scarcity
AUDIO: The California state legislature is deliberately engineering scarcity. They are systematically shutting down conventional sources of energy and water. This includes decommissioning natural gas power plants, demolishing dams, banning new oil exploration and shutting down existing wells, reducing refinery output. At the same time they are mandating extremely expensive solutions that cannot begin to provide adequate energy, water, or transportation services, including offshore wind turbines, the so-called Delta Conveyance, and high speed rail. There are alternatives. 27 minutes of Edward Ring with Greg Brittain on the Unite the Inland Empire Radio Show.
Edward Ring is a contributing editor and senior fellow with the California Policy Center, which he co-founded in 2013 and served as its first president. He is also a senior fellow with the Center for American Greatness, and a regular contributor to the California Globe. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Forbes, and other media outlets.
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