The future of California’s energy infrastructure is fragile

With no pipelines over the Sierra Mountains, California is an energy island separated from the crude oil supply and the infrastructure of oil refineries within the other 49 States. Thus, California transportation fuel demands for ships, airports, cars, and trucks have staggering numbers FROM in-state refineries:

• Fuel for the ships in three of the busiest Ports in America, located in California.
  • Port of Los Angeles had more than 1,800 vessel arrivals in 2024, which includes cruise and merchant ships.
  • Port of Long Beach handled over 9.6 million container units in 2024, indicating a very high volume of ship activity, plus cruise ships.
  • Port of Oakland, which also handles significant cargo volumes, contributes to the total number of cruise and merchant ships needing fuel.
• Jet fuel: With all its 145 airports, including 9 international airports and 41 military airports, the demand is 13 million gallons of aviation fuel daily. Several of those airports have direct pipelines to local refineries. In 2019, California consumed 16.7% of the national total of jet fuel, making it the largest consumer of jet fuel in America.
• Gasoline: For its 30 million vehicles, California is the second-largest consumer of motor gasoline among the 50 states, consuming 42 million gallons a day of gasoline, just behind Texas.
• Diesel: Diesel fuel is the second largest transportation fuel used in California,consuming 10 million gallons a day of diesel to support the state's trucking of products from 3 of the busiest shipping ports in America

Over the last several decades, California's passion to transition away from fossil fuels, lacks a significant backup plan to support the supply chain of products and fuels, has overregulated and overly burdened just the SUPPLY of oil production and refining but has not reduced the increasing materialistic DEMANDS of the State for the more than 6,000 products and transportation fuels made from those fossil fuels to support the demands for ships, airports, cars, and trucks

Since wind and solar ONLY generate electricity occasionally, the greatest threat to humanity is running out of crude oil, before we have an alternative to meet the supply chain of all the products and transportation fuels that are derived from oil that are supporting the 8 billion on this planet.

This is a year of awakening, as many remain unaware that electricity came AFTER oil, as ALL electrical generation methods from hydro, coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind, and solar are ALL built with the products, components, and equipment that are made from the oil derivatives manufactured from crude oil. Without Crude Oil there can be no Electricity, and without crude oil California will be unable to support the fuel demands for three of the busiest Ports in America, 13 million gallons of aviation fuel daily for its 145 airports, 42 million gallons a day of gasoline for cars, and 10 million gallons a day of diesel to support the state's trucking infrastructure.

The perspective of the California Energy Infrastructure Future remains very fragile with no one able to clearly verbalize to the voters their plan for what the replacement will be for that black tar commonly referred to as crude oil, to maintain the supply chain of products demanded by our materialistic society.

California policymakers seem to be unaware that China is savoring the future with their many refineries coming online by 2030 to meet the supply chain of products and transportation fuel DEMANDS of California.

We need to work together with clarity and wisdom to balance the economic and environmental needs of the State and find the best possible answers to ensure affordable, reliable, energy for all Californian's and the West. California has the opportunity to lead the State and solve a national security risk for all those living in America.