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California's energy crisis serves as a cautionary tale, urging states to accelerate the shift to cleaner energy infrastructure to combat climate change effectively.
Climate activists, concerned citizens
The full transcript provides more context on the urgency of transitioning to cleaner energy and the consequences of inaction, offering a comprehensive view of the current energy crisis in California.
#CleanEnergy #ClimateChange #Infrastructure #California #EnergyCrisis
Well, howdy there, Internet people. It's Beau again. So today we're going to talk about California,
the situation that's going on there with the heat wave and the way it is being portrayed
on social media in certain circles. So if you don't know what's happening, California's clean
energy isn't up to the task of handling its energy needs during the heat wave, which means
they're using old, dirty infrastructure. The right in the United States has seized upon this as a
moment to basically gloat, for lack of a better word, and say, look, that clean energy stuff,
it's not up to doing it yet. Ha ha ha ha. They're having to burn stuff using that old, dirty energy.
Ha. Good stuff, right? Okay. So when they use the old energy and they burn stuff, it creates more
emissions, which creates more heat. It's a loop. This isn't a moment to gloat. This isn't a funny,
you know, libs did something silly moment. This is a cautionary tale for you in whatever state
that you're in. If you don't start now with getting your infrastructure up to speed with
cleaner energy, you'll be in the same situation. This isn't stopping. This doesn't care about red
and blue states on a map. That doesn't play into any of this. Your state, wherever it is,
needs to start making the transition now, or you'll be in the same situation California's in
later. This is coming. It's not slowing down. It's not going to stop unless we start to mitigate,
unless we start to make the changes necessary. This isn't a sign that clean energy doesn't work.
It's a sign that politicians beholden to the fossil fuel industry are slowing down the growth
of infrastructure to the point where we're still having to rely on the products of the people who
fund their campaigns. That makes a whole lot more sense, right? That seems more American.
That's what's happening. The infrastructure isn't up to speed yet. The solution isn't to
laugh and point fingers. The solution is to speed up the installation of the infrastructure
to get to that cleaner energy faster, to make sure that your state doesn't wait
and starts doing it now. That is the lesson here. That's the cautionary tale that exists
in California. It's to speed up the transition, not to find a way to slow it down. As you laugh,
as you let these right-wing talking heads put out these talking points, and you're giggling
about the situation that California is in, understand your kids will be there soon.
This is real. It's not going to stop because your favorite right-wing pundit
asked a silly gotcha question. That's not how this works.
Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.
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