Posted on 01/08/2023 9:25:15 AM PST by bitt
My electric and gas bills have almost tripled just in the last few weeks.
Re my tag line.
I have a sister-in-law who lives in CA.
A rabid Trump hater.
Wonder how she feels now.
I don’t want to hear one word of whining. This is what the majority of California’s want and voted for. The other third left the state and the other third are being held hostage.
Didn’t some past president say his future energy policies would make prices skyrocket?
#10 A woman in a hot air balloon realizes she is lost. She lowers her altitude and spots a man fishing from a boat below.
She shouts to him, “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.”
The man consults his portable GPS and replies, “You’re in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.
She rolls her eyes and says, “You must be a Republican!” “I am,” replies the man. “How did you know?”
“Well,” answers the balloonist, “everything you tell me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I’m still lost. Frankly, you’re not much help to me.”
The man smiles and responds, “You must be a Democrat.” I am,” replies the balloonist. “How did you know?”
“Well,” says the man, “You don’t know where you are or where you’re going. You’ve risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and now you expect me to solve your problem. You’re in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but, somehow, now it’s my fault.”
The article link below blames everything but the democrats blocking oil and gas drilling and pipelines.
California blocks new drilling and Los Angeles recently voted to shutdown the hundreds of oil wells in the county.
Electricity which is produced at .6 cents as an example by the Diablo nuclear plant which the democrats ordered shutdown in 2025 thru 2030 was last fall told it could stay open for now as rolling blackouts were a big possibility.
Meanwhile the democrats force the producers to charge .20 to .30 a kw in most of the state to subsidize solar and wind which cannot compete.
I bet the price won’t come down anytime soon. The democrats have banned new natural gas hookups in much of the state. Plus no portable gas generators will be allowed.
They want you to use expensive electricity. The rolling blackouts should be a warning but it only encourages the democrats as they want the peasants sitting in the dark either cold or hot depending on the season.
California has more oil and gas then most nations yet blocks it from being used. They instead import 90% of the gas from other states......!
Kinda like having a electric car and saying you are “green” when the power comes from a power plant burning gas or coal or using nuclear.
Natural gas bills to jump ‘shockingly high’ across region, SoCalGas warns
https://www.ocregister.com/2023/01/06/your-natural-gas-bills-to-jump-shockingly-high-across-region-socalgas-warns/
SoCalGas rates are expected to more than double over the cost of last winter. If a customer’s natural gas bill totaled $130 last winter, for example, that household can expect a $315 bill this winter, according to the gas company. And the average Long Beach single-family residential customer should prepare for an increase of $200 or more on their bill, that city’s utility said.
Do with less sayeth the democrats while the party elite never do.
“Both companies advised natural gas users to lower their thermostats three to five degrees — which can result in up to a 10% reduction in heating costs. Washing clothes in cold water, limiting hot showers, turning down the temperature on your water heater...”
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