BRIAN: CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN
NEWSOM GETTING A CHILLY
RECEPTION THIS WEEK KIND OF.
HE TWEETED A VIDEO OF HIMSELF
BUNDLED UP IN A JACKET AS HE TOLD CALIFORNIANS, CUT BACK ON
TOLD CALIFORNIANS, CUT BACK ON
ENERGY, DON’T USE YOUR DRIER.
AND SO WHY DO RESIDENTS OF A
STATE BLESSED WITH NATURAL
RESOURCES LIKE CALIFORNIA IS
HAVE TO SWEAT IT OUT DURING A
HEAT WAVE IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE
SOMEBODY IS THIRSTY FOR
CONSERVATION THAT IS FLAT OUT
IMPRACTICAL.
LET’S ASK MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER.
HE’S THE FOUNDER OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS GROUP.
MICHAEL, WHAT IS CALIFORNIA
DOING WRONG?
I ONLY HAVE AN HOUR SHOW.
>> WE ARE TRYING TO RUN THE
FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE
WORLD ON FREE PREINDUSTRIAL
TECHNOLOGIES ON RENEWABLES.
A HUGE AMOUNT OF SOLAR PANELS.
BECAUSE THE WILDFIRES ARE
CREATING SO MUCH SMOKE, IT’S
BLOCKING THE ELECTRICITY FROM
BEING PRODUCED BY THE SOLAR
PANELS.
WE HAVE BEEN NEGLECTING FOREST
MANAGEMENT BECAUSE OF PUTTING SO
MUCH MONEY INTO THINGS LIKE
SOLAR.
WE SAW THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
ELECTRICITY FROM ZERO CARBON
SOURCES HAS DECLINED BY 10% THE
LAST 10 YEARS.
THIS OBSESSION WITH RENEWABLES,
THE DESIRE TO SHUT DOWN GAS
POWER PLANTS, WE ARE BURNING
KEROSENE, JET FUEL, USUALLY
UNTIL POOR COMMUNITY LIKE
OAKLAND AND EAST L.A. WHERE
PEOPLE ARE MOST IMPACTED BY AIR
POLLUTION.
WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE SUFFICIENT
ELECTRICITY AND PEOPLE TURN DOWN
THEIR STAIR CONDITIONERS, PEOPLE
DIE FROM HEATSTROKE AND ILLNESS.
BRIAN: CALIFORNIA HAS OIL AND
GAS, GAVIN NEWSOM QUEUING
HIMSELF UP TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
IS LEAVING EVERYBODY ELSE OUT TO
DRY AND SWEAT IT OUT.
ROLLING BLACKOUTS ARE NEXT.
IS THERE ANYBODY PRACTICAL
ENOUGH TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE OF
CALIFORNIA, WE ARE BUILDING
ANOTHER NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
TO SAY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN
ALL OF THE ABOVE STRATEGY.
I DON’T THINK IT’S RIGHT TO
DOUBLE YOUR HEATING BILL.
>> I THINK IT’S FAIR TO SAY WE
ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ENDS
OF WISHFUL THINKING.
THOSE IN CALIFORNIA AND THE REST
OF THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE,
YOU SEE THERE WAS A LOT OF
FANTASTIC IDEAS PEOPLE HAD WITH
HARMONIZING WITH NATURE WITH
SOLAR AND WIND MILLS AND
BATTERIES.
IT’S NOT WORKING OUT.
IT’S BASICALLY A STATE RELIGION,
AND THEY ARE CLAIMING TO BE
SURPRISED BY A HEAT WAVE.
THEY ANNOUNCED THEY ARE BANNING
GALS POWERED CARS SALES BY 2035
AND 3 DAYS LATER THEY TELL US
NOT TO CHARGE OUR VEHICLES.
BRIAN: YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU ARE
NOT SOMEBODY WHO IS
IRRESPONSIBLE ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT.
BUT YOU ALSO DON’T THINK IT’S