New Yorkers can walk, take subways, trains, etc.
Californians, though, COULD get oil at the wellhead or tar pits of La Brea, but apparently prefer Leaf-frogging.
And the Carmelites could micromanage themselves into permitting only Segwey traffic, I suppose. Do Segweys go uphill? Maybe the San Franciscans can reinvent the brockabrella and turn it into a solar array windmill whirlygig.
But the folks in Merced are done for. They should start building tunnels and dry canals that can run by pulleys.
Furthermore, someone could sell California on Delta Smelt teams to pull barges and a unique, Tarzan vine system through the Redwoods. Yosemite? Well, that will be bear driven or permitted only to parasailors and John Muir wannabes. Eureka and Crescent City could convert the Japanese tsunami remains into electricity for the electric vehicles. Mendocino will not be bothered with mere vehicles when they can use personal helicopters powered by Condors and whatever eagles 0bama doesn’t kill off. San Diegoans and other coastal cities can leash up the whales and sharks for short transports. And Napa will no longer export anything because everything will be powered with wine.
Everyone else not mentioned will die anyway, even though their names will never be removed from voter rolls. Maybe someone will cut the thumbs and forefingers off, and freeze them, for use in vote verification or receipt of EBT and other benefits.
Don’t tell anyone that there really are still gold and certain gemstones in California. Most Californians who don’t know about this can’t read, though, so putting it in print isn’t too much of a tale to tell.
/rant off