As a result, California is now faced with a critical shortage of power. They propose to take some of ours, if you please. That means higher prices. California got into the mess all by itself. Thanks to red tape, building new power plants has been almost impossible.
Environmental extremists oppose any new source of electricity.
They say the threat of global warming outweighs human need. When my electric bill doubles, I'll know who to thank. Never mind that global warming is debatable, or that the role of greenhouse gasses is poorly understood. Never mind that banning fossil fuels would have zero impact for hundreds of years. In the minds of true believers, none of this matters.