Redmt
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Pg&e is on their knees to the CPUC
Welcome To California
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@JLS Wife wont move away from her family. Im stuck here but in El Dorado county, its more red than some of the red states. We will import gas engines “illegally” if needed and keep separating ourselves from being connected to the grid/state.
I lived in MT for 7 years and loved it. But I can travel to hunt elk n everything else, my winters are shorter here, good seasons are longer. Lots of lakes close by, hunting too, and the ocean isnt too far. Opportunity wise I can actually hunt/fish MORE in CA than I could in MT (excluding ice fishing, thats for the diehards). Its just a little harder hunting. Honestly, where I live is a very unique and incredible place found nowhere else.
Dealing with the idiots comes naturally since I grew up in socal. Family is from the midwest - I fit in no where and blend in everywhere. So Im where I belong now. Might as well fight the idiots here instead of flee a once great state.
Currently my driveway, and many of my neighbors, are long and steep - its the mtns we live in. You cant just shovel it, especially sierra cement which is wet, heavy, 10lbs a shovel full snow. I have a pile of worn out broken shovels too. An electric snowblower doesnt have the power or stamina to throw it. Maybe it could throw that fluffy midwest stuff. Gas blowers are efficient, long lasting, require no electricity to start, and can move 2-4’ of snow daily. Im due for a new one after 10 years of abusing the one I have now. It runs great but is getting tired. It snows worse here than it ever did in the zoo of MT.
I lived in MT for 7 years and loved it. But I can travel to hunt elk n everything else, my winters are shorter here, good seasons are longer. Lots of lakes close by, hunting too, and the ocean isnt too far. Opportunity wise I can actually hunt/fish MORE in CA than I could in MT (excluding ice fishing, thats for the diehards). Its just a little harder hunting. Honestly, where I live is a very unique and incredible place found nowhere else.
Dealing with the idiots comes naturally since I grew up in socal. Family is from the midwest - I fit in no where and blend in everywhere. So Im where I belong now. Might as well fight the idiots here instead of flee a once great state.
Currently my driveway, and many of my neighbors, are long and steep - its the mtns we live in. You cant just shovel it, especially sierra cement which is wet, heavy, 10lbs a shovel full snow. I have a pile of worn out broken shovels too. An electric snowblower doesnt have the power or stamina to throw it. Maybe it could throw that fluffy midwest stuff. Gas blowers are efficient, long lasting, require no electricity to start, and can move 2-4’ of snow daily. Im due for a new one after 10 years of abusing the one I have now. It runs great but is getting tired. It snows worse here than it ever did in the zoo of MT.
fowladdict
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My sister lives in Folsom. Said her PG&E gas bill was $500 bucks this month.
It was a great place when I was growing up. Fishing, hunting, the outdoors.
Used to drive way down Pismo beach to fish or surf. Drive around the dunes in a buddies Honda ,past the wheelers.
Filled a load of deer tags on the coast & Sierra's . Pigs & turkeys ,quail. Waterfowl.
Never drew an elk tag. Had them around the house and in the Parks I worked. I finally got a LO tule cow tag to say I had.
The best fishing.
Ah, the good old days.
Man I love Pie Town,NM.
Used to drive way down Pismo beach to fish or surf. Drive around the dunes in a buddies Honda ,past the wheelers.
Filled a load of deer tags on the coast & Sierra's . Pigs & turkeys ,quail. Waterfowl.
Never drew an elk tag. Had them around the house and in the Parks I worked. I finally got a LO tule cow tag to say I had.
The best fishing.
Ah, the good old days.
Man I love Pie Town,NM.
Redmt
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Day 2 with no power. I love my generator.
GoGriz
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Stay warm up there! Do all your neighbors have generators as well, or are some getting a little cold at this point?
Redmt
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Not many are as well prepared as we are. I was just on the phone with a long time neighbor/friend/widow. I may go get her and bring her up here. She's near 80 and doesn't need to deal with the bullshit.
MarvB
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MarvB
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That’s cuz they have crazy good lawyers that roll everything into infrastructure costs so they can rate base it back to screw the public.
33 cent E-1 base rates (that will give you about the equivalent heat of a candle if your home is over 1000sf) and a 49 cent peak tier? Robbery!!
Dealt with them for waaay too many years.
I’ll stay with our little 7 cent co-op here in Oregon thank you!
Redmt
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We use propane wherever possible. Gov. Nuisance is outlawing anything propane powered. There's no natural gas available for 30 plus miles which will try to force all electric. The electric grid is a joke. The county has now mandated that all new construction have an EV charging circuit built into the house. The last PGE prediction for power restoration is 11pm Sunday.
noharleyyet
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Visited the San Juaquin Valley in 1969. Stayed in Merced & day tripped to San Fran, Disneyland, and Yosemite. Beautiful part of the state. A cultural shock for an 18 year old. Met some great people and quite cute confident girls who loved a Texas accent . . . heard Alice's Restaurant for the first time, a song that wouldn't be mainstream aired in Texas til almost a year later.
Like Texas, a powerful economy corrupted and divided by special interests and selfish greedy pols.
Like Texas, a powerful economy corrupted and divided by special interests and selfish greedy pols.
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OntarioHunter
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I leave my house on at least a daily basis. Walked to the movies a couple of weeks ago. Now that was quite a trot! Almost four miles one way and quite cold. Slept well that night! Often I mooch a ride to the store with my daughter when she's driving to work. Bit of an inconvenience for both of us but better than wasting gas and running two vehicles on road salt. Sometimes I have to pick up my grandson at school if both parents are working. I walk there and back. Just over a mile. Good exercise and good example. He's only nine but I'm helping him get a handle on what is carbon footprint. Also, we spend time together during the walk personally interacting without technocrap assistance/obstruction. Try it. You've got nothing to lose but a few pounds. And the world has everything to gain. Win win all around as I see it. I'm no Greta Greenyburg but not an idiot either. And still dragging out deer in my seventies. Must be a reason.
JustinsDad
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As we switch to electric and CA loses all the gas tax money they are going to switch to tax the flock out of electricity. The precedent is already set. We pay 2 electric bills every month and that second bill to promote climate change is going to skyrocket.
The subsidies trick the majority of CA voters into thinking electric is cheaper.
The subsidies trick the majority of CA voters into thinking electric is cheaper.
BucksnDucks
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I applaud your chosen way of life the same as I respect those working long hours, driving thousands of miles a month filling that store with goods.
MarvB
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California sucks and 12% of the population lives there. Wyoming is awesome and 0.2% of the population lives there.
Unfortunate for so many.
Guess it could be worse for them, NY has 6-7% of the population and its only 1/3 the size of Cali…I think the Wy wind just blows everyone to the edges
