Facing a persistent energy crisis, California has opted to set up five temporary gas-field generators around existing power plants.
California’s headfirst plunge into renewable energy previously caused the state to shun natural gas, which accounted for over 46% of the energy generated in the state in 2018. California wants to phase out natural gas by 2045.
The state has also rejected nuclear energy, which is both cleaner and more reliable than wind or solar power. California plans to shut down its final nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon, in 2025, even though it will lead to a rise in emissions, as it did when the state shut down the San Onofre plant in 2013.
California’s energy woes are self-inflicted. The rolling blackouts that residents are subjected to are not the inevitable result of climate change or anything else that is out of human control. They are the result of California’s politicians, beholden to the demands of environmental activists, moving away from reliable forms of energy and toward unreliable renewables that can’t keep the lights on.
You would think that the fact that these temporary measures are even necessary would lead California leaders to reevaluate their energy plans. But no, terrible results, including a population exodus, haven’t prompted California’s politicians to start reflecting on their progressive policies. So they probably aren’t going to become self-aware at this point.
