One, it’s in Newsom’s DNA to be the first to do things, such as issuing a statewide stay-at-home order at the start of the pandemic. Now he’s the first governor planning to ban oil production.
Three, regardless of the governor’s motive, closing down oil production would be a historic game-changer. California’s economy in the 20th century, particularly before World War II, was largely built on oil. “The Los Angeles Basin alone in 1924 produced 230 million barrels of crude oil…. Pumps and derricks were everywhere, extending into the ocean itself.”
But we didn’t know then what we do today about fossil fuel’s contribution to planet-devastating climate change.
1/8 Solar & Wind are 0 emissions? Each 1 MW of solar farm power requires between 35 to 45 tons of steel, + you need to dig for cadmium, gallium, germanium, etc Make silicon Silicon metal is made from the reaction of silica (SiO2) -
The problem is Newsom doesn't pushed manufacturing companies to leave overexpensive Silicon Valley to Kern or Fresno. Why should manufacturing being in silicon valley in the first place. There should be a penalty for keeping manufacturing jobs in Silicon Valley and a benefit for
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