Remember Gray Davis? We have heard this song before, and it did not end well then, either.
No fossil fuels? Then, pray tell, what will be the primary energy source that may be turned into electricity in sufficient quantities to maintain and expand the “California life style”?
If any such thing still exists. Maybe they DESERVE to be Venezuela.
You don’t miss the water until the well runs dry.
Maybe the windmills will run a little faster when the Santa Anna winds start up.