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If You Like Your Gas Stove, You Can Keep Your Gas Stove

March 28, 2025 7:34 amMarch 29, 2025 8:51 am

They are coming for your gas-powered car, your gas stove, your gas water heater, your gas furnace, your gas dryer, your gas grille, your gas blower, your gas fireplace, and any other gas-powered appliance or vehicle you can think of....

Ringside: Quantifying the Variables that Determine Our Prosperity

March 27, 2025 7:00 amMarch 27, 2025 7:18 am

It is nearly impossible to read a policy document on the topic of energy or water that won’t make frequent references to carbon. In California, the race to achieve a “carbon neutral” economy by 2045 has spawned a carbon accounting...

Ringside: Rehydrating the Los Angeles Heat Island

February 21, 2025 7:00 amFebruary 21, 2025 7:07 am

Along with the fairly recent popularization of terms such as atmospheric river and bomb cyclone, we increasingly hear the term “vapor pressure deficit” (VPD). At any given temperature, the term refers to how much moisture is in the air compared...

Is California Driving Oil Biz Out of State to Takeover Oil Refineries?

February 18, 2025 3:05 pmFebruary 20, 2025 10:33 am

California has highest-in-the-nation gas prices and the highest energy costs, which have increased 50% since 2019 according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office. The blame for the 50% increase in energy costs according to the LAO is California’s “ambitious climate‑related goals,”...

Ringside: Californian Energy Use Compared to the USA and the World

November 29, 2024 3:00 amNovember 29, 2024 3:01 am

As we celebrate one of America’s finest traditions this week, one of the things we are surely thankful for is the energy we often take for granted. We are particularly lucky in America, because the energy we use is nearly...

Ringside: The Numbers Driving California vs. Washington on Energy, Water & Forestry

November 21, 2024 3:30 amNovember 21, 2024 3:31 am

With national election results that have delivered a surprisingly unequivocal result, California’s business interests now find themselves on a political tightrope. On one side, the incoming Trump administration will pursue deregulation that may help businesses remain in California, and on...

Ringside: Ways California Can Have Abundant Energy

October 24, 2024 2:55 amOctober 24, 2024 2:56 am

With the right combination of new policies in California, abundant energy ought to be just around the corner. Nearly all new energy development can be privately financed, and it can be delivered while creating tens of thousands of high paying...