Writing in the Spring issue of Citizen Outlook , a newsletter published by the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, Paul Driessen examined why California is an energy basketcase. A 1978 study for Governor Jerry Brown claimed conservation in home heating, appliances and cooling would cut California s use of natural gas and electricity by 30 percent, its peak demand by 50 percent, within 10 years. The state believed them and acting accordingly. Between 1988 and 2000, power consumption in California rose 22 percent. Demand for electrical power increased almost twice as fast as the national average.
Green lies die hard.
In fact, they never die. The only problem is that these alternative sources are utter madness. That s an area equal to Connecticut, Delaware and Massachusetts combined. The strange thing is that enviros are not pushing for real time pricing for electricity to reduce peak demand. They would rather have price caps and then layer on conservation mandates and subsidies to try to bring demand in balance with supply.