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Glad you liked the article. Isn't it great how they can change the rules for how long power plant permits are good for (before they expire), not be able to run the system they already have (the Cal ISO) and then decide that they want to change things dramatically (20% renewables) and then expect the lights to stay on! Amazing!

Seriously, if you add up how much renewable hydro is used by California that comes from the British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, 20% might not be that hard to attain (in a year with no drought). Of course, we all know that hydro is not being considered a clean renewable as dams are evil fish killers. So California will obviously need to look elsewhere for its 20% solution!

What happens if we actually go into one of our normal 3-5 year droughts from N. Kali to BC?

We came close last year to that cycle. Davis flushed the water from our lakes to keep the state from going black last year. What saved him was the lakes were reasonably high inspite of a fall/winter/spring drought here and up north. Also, we had a mild summer re high heat.

The watermelons work 24/7 to destroy our capitalistic society and to promote their dark ages.

"So California will obviously need to look elsewhere for its 20% solution!"

Hydroelectric dams kill fish.

Windmills kill birds. And they are "eyesores".

Solar would require carpeting the desert.

Thus, tapping into liberal flatulence is the obvious solution.