Thread by @ShellenbergerMD

People think California’s water scarcity is natural but it’s actually the result of opposition by Malthusian “environmentalists” ⁦@SierraClub⁩ ⁦@NRDC⁩ et al. who have blocked water recycling, storage, & desalination projects for decades calmatters.org/commentary/202…

Reactors could be added to our Diablo Canyon nuclear plant to desalinate gigantic quantities of water. Indeed, that was the original plan.

Instead, Gov. @GavinNewsom intends to close the plant 40 years prematurely, in 2024-25. At a time of blackouts.

energy.stanford.edu/publications/a…

My colleagues & I unearthed the blueprints showing that there were supposed to be 6 reactors at Diablo

Thanks to @JerryBrownGov & the Getty oil-backed dad of @GavinNewsom there’s just 2

We should build the 4 new reactors to create electricity, hydrogen, and fresh water

California’s power sector emissions are at least two-and-a-half times higher today than they would have been had the state kept open and built planned nuclear plants

environmentalprogress.org/big-news/2017/…

The dean of California political journalists is @DanCALmatters

In 2017 he alerted me to the fact that the Brown family benefitted from shutting down & preventing the building of nuclear plants. They had a monopoly on low-sulfur oil, which at the time was burned for electricity

On taking power in 1975, Brown and his allies aggressively wielded power in ways that directly benefited Brown’s family, which included killing nuclear power plants.  

It also benefitted the Getty oil family who the dad of @GavinNewsom worked for

environmentalprogress.org/big-news/2018/…

Everything they said about nuclear was a lie

It’s the safest not most dangerous

Cleanest not dirtiest

Best for environment not worst

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