California ranks 48th in the nation in power consumed per person.
California grows more than half the nation's fruit, nuts and vegetables.
We're keeping them. We need something to eat when the power goes out. We grow 99 percent or more of the nation's almonds, artichokes, dates, figs, kiwifruit, olives, persimmons, pistachios, prunes, raisins and walnuts. Hope you won't miss them.
California is the nation's number one dairy state. We're keeping our dairy products. We'll need plenty of fresh ones since our refrigerators can't be relied upon. Got milk?
We Californians are gonna keep all our high-tech software in state. Silicon Valley is ours, after all. Without enough electricity, which you're apparently keeping for yourselves, we just plain don't have enough software to spare.
We're keeping all our airplanes. California builds a good percentage of the commercial airliners available to fly you people to where you want to go. When yours wear out, you'd better hope Boeing's Washington plant can keep you supplied. There isn't enough electricity here to allow us to build any more planes than we need ourselves. And while we're at it, we're keeping all our high-tech aerospace stuff, too, like the sophisticated weapons systems that let you sleep at night, not worried you might wake up under the rule of some foreign kook. Oh, yeah, and if you want to make a long-distance call, remember where the satellite components and tracking systems come from. Maybe you could get back in the habit of writing letters.
Want to see a blockbuster movie this weekend? Come to California. We make them here. Since we'll now have to make them with our own electricity, we're keeping them. Even if we shot them somewhere else, the labs, printing facilities, editing facilities, and sound facilities are all here.
Want some nice domestic wine? We produce over 17 million gallons per year. We'll need it all to drown our sorrows when we think about the fact that no matter how many California products we export to make the rest of America's lives better, America can't see its way clear to help us out with a little electricity. You can no longer have any of our wine.
You all complain that we don't build enough power plants. Well, you don't grow enough food, write enough software, make enough movies, build enough airplanes and defense systems or make enough wine.
This is your last warning, America. Lighten (us) up before it's too late.
Love,
The Californians
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YEAH? Well you're also the only state in range of China's nukes.
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I'm thinking Hawai'i is a little closer than California, too...
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Once half the state falls into the sea, the problem will be solved. Charles will drown, but Simon has his own flotation device. Zyial and Liz, you might want to think about moveing east, plenty of room here in West Virginia.
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Does anyone REALLY eat almonds, artichokes, dates, figs, kiwifruit, olives, persimmons, pistachios, prunes, raisins or walnuts?
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Really, if it wasn't for the Paramount Studios (which they could rebuild somewhere else), I could pretty much do without California.
Just build the damn plants.
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Mueslix? Does anybody OUTSIDE of California eat that crap?
And WALNUTS??? I've got more walnuts falling off trees in my backyard than I know what to do with! Are you telling me that that's a cash crop?
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It's 6:20 here, I'm eating a glass of muesli with milk. It's nutty and has raisins, very tasty when softened up by the milk after 30 sec. I stopped eating "Kellogg's" a long time ago. Couldn't stand the man anyway, what with his pathetic motives for promoting cereal. He was probably nazi as well, not one black kid among those he adopted.
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I really could care less about the power problem in California for now, I live in Los Angeles County where my power is supplied by DWP, not Edison or PCG.
Yay DWP!!!
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