At 09:47 AM 3/13/2001 -0800, Mark Bixby wrote:

>A fact often omitted from discussions of the California situation is that we
>rank 48th per capita in terms of energy consumption.  So while our disasterous
>attempt at electricity deregulation is an example to avoid, our levels of
>conservation is an example to be emulated.
>
>If everybody used the same per capita amount of energy as California, there
>wouldn't be pressure to destroy the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (which is
>irrelevant to the California situation anyway since California does not
>generate electricity from oil), and we'd be a whole lot less dependent on
>foreign energy supplies.
>--

How much is CA's lower per capita energy consumption due to conservation
efforts, and how much due to its relatively mild climate?


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