Commentary
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is refusing to address the hydrocarbon elephant in the room, namely that the end of oil would be the end of civilization, as the products manufactured from crude oil played a major role in allowing the world population to grow from one billion to eight billion people in the past 200 years.
With the state’s narrow focus on the transition to so-called renewables, no matter what, the governor is apparently unconcerned that wind turbines and solar panels cannot manufacture these products.
Today’s dangerous emphasis on wind and solar power for intermittent electricity is causing a shortage of fuels for planes, ships, militaries, and space programs, all of which are manufactured from the substance Newsom seems to hate most—oil, that is, black gold, Texas Tea, or petroleum. But he stubbornly refuses to talk about the crisis these energy policies are creating….