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I know a guy who is retired in the San Diego area. He told me of all the issues with California and the utility companies. This was 10 years ago and he forecast the impending doom. He liked the California weather and the ocean and decided the only way to stay was to try to go off-grid as much as he could. He went solar and put up a windmill, installed a water well and bought an electric car. He got rid of his cell phone, house phone and cable t.v. He goes to the local library every day to check his email and pay his bills on line. I thought he was a bit extreme at first but after talking to him he laid out all the issues logically and predicted the coming chaos.

... He liked the California weather and the ocean and decided the only way to stay was to try to go off-grid as much as he could. ...

CA is phasing out natural gas. They are going to eliminate combustion engines. There are many places where you cannot burn wood in a fireplace. I read something (I need to find it) that said CA had assumed ownership of the aquafiers.

In some of the places that have burned in past, permits to rebuild single family dwellings are not being issued. Where the Paradise fire was last year, the environmentalists found a rare toad (or something) so permits aren't being issued there - the toad lived through the fire and it must've been there before, but - CA.