I agree. I also like the idea of building offshore co-generation desalination/electrical nuclear power plants that would not only generate all the electricity we would ever need but all the water we would ever need...imagine irrigating the entire desert for agriculture!
We could FEED THE WORLD!
Between the offshore oil drilling and water & electricity generated by nuclear energy; we could not only eliminate the state income tax and state deficit but probably issue an annual royalty check to every Californian like they do in AK.
"I have vision and the rest of the world wears bifocals"
Paul Newman as "Butch Cassidy"
I wish we had someone strong enough to go against them and get CA back.
I like the offshore desalination and electrical nuclear power plants. sure would solve all our problems!
... imagine irrigating the entire desert for agriculture!
There are so many projects in California that have been delayed / stopped for ENVIRONMENTAL reasons that you couldn't even keep track. Mice, sand flies, fish and plants all need their EXTENSIVE space and thus your idea dies before it is born. California is not the birthplace of "Not In My Backyard" (NIMBY) but it is close to the grand exemplar!
If CA folks came up with widespread desalinization & filtration systems, pumped their oil and mined their mountains for metals & minerals......
Never mind.