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Lux Aeterna
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No, man, you're still really bad at math. Even if California were (very implausibly) to continue to lose residents at the exact same rate as last year, in 13 years that would amount to a total population loss of around 3.9 million. And even if every last one of them moved to Texas and nowhere else, ours would still be the most populous state in the Union by a margin of more than a million people. There's a reason why we tend to lead the country on climate regulation, and why Texas and Florida will have to follow suit soon, even if they are dragged into it kicking and screaming. Even the most pugnacious Texans won't be happy if their skies and (scant!) water sources start looking the way California's were starting to in the 70s... You just can't throw tens of millions of people together in a handful of cities without some sort of cohesive plan for handling their waste and continuing to deliver key resources and infrastructure. In none of these three states is under-population a plausible source of crisis. The very idea is absurd.Heh. Nice try on the burn. But, 2035 is 13 years away, not 10, and Wyoming is the least populous state, not S. Dakota. On top of that, the whole comment was quite obviously hyperbole intended for comic relief (see emoji). Sooooo,In the news:
Resident of the country's most populous state believes that it is ten years away from being the least populous, because 300,000 people left last year.
In other news:
Conservatism kills brain cells, more at 11.
In other news:
Liberalism kills brain cells, more at 11.
In all seriousness though, what energy sources is CA going to use to power the grid for the upcoming surge in EV? Unicorn farts? Rubbing cats backwards? And speaking of residents leaving CA, its only going to get worse if this EV mandate sticks. Not everyone can afford EVs or installing charging facilities in their house. Not to mention the impracticality for those who are regular long distance drivers.
In other news, conservatives are worried that Florida might not be killing enough manatees, too few of Washington's forests are currently on fire, and there aren't enough oil lobbyists in Washington. More at 11.