[\/\/ayne]

But natural gas is clean burning...

[paulcissa]

When natural gas is outlawed, only outlaws will have natural gas. /s

[PAR35]

Haven’t they already banned wood heat? Sounds like they are going to need a lot of coal.

[beethovenfan]

Totally stupid.

[Yo-Yo]

So if California outlaws Natural Gas, then what will they use to generate electricity? Oh yeah, they'll use solar, wind, and nuclear, and buy the rest of what they need from Texas.

It's always worked in the past, right?

[cuban leaf]

I see the US as, like the EU, a federation of mostly sovereign nations (50 in the US). The biggest difference is that the US has an army.

But there are a lot of countries in the world I’ll never step foot in. Iran is one. California is another. They are both not only batchit crazy, but the local religion is dangerous, IMO.

[asinclair]

Any word on California goverment’s progress on retrofitting all their buildings and vehicles NOW? Projected timelines for retrofit?

[adorno]

California is gonna have to ban farts from humans and all animals, and exhaling too. That’s ‘natural gas’. ;)

[aquila48]

Bookmark

[Hodar]

What about Propane, and Propane accessories?

[BBQToadRibs2]

I’d say their electrical grid will be a train wreck, but it’s already a train wreck. Rolling brown outs every summer is not a good normal.

[V_TWIN]

No damned wonder my town is lousy with California license plates.

SMH

[bigbob]

Save the Erf - burn trees for head and coal to charge your EV

[SpaceBar]

Trump, when elected, must rescind CARB’s charter which exists as an exemption to federal fuel standards.

[monkeyshine]

I don’t know what this actually means. Practically every home in the state uses natural gas for cooking and water heating and heating. Many industries use gas boilers and such. Outlawing it in 7 years is impossible, so I don’t believe it. And the state can’t replace it with electricity - which of course comes from burning natural gas!

[thegagline]

Luckily, California will be banned from the union in 2029.

[Jeff Chandler]

phase out space heaters and water appliances by 2030

We could use a little more infromation.

1.) Do "space heaters" include central heating furnaces?
2.) Do "water appliances" include hot water heaters?
3.) Does "phase out" mean banning currently installed space heaters and water appliances?

[Revel]

Not allowing people to install natural gas appliances is a horrible thing that will result in massive problems including deaths.
But the title is not backed up by the story. Not yet anyways. I get upset with misleading titles.

[fretzer]

Pacific Gas and Electric lobby in SF. Take a good hard look.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/hines-images/pge-building/pge-lobby_hres_web.jpg

[PGR88]

California will collapse before that happens.