Jamie rector

@LoftusSteve @janrosenow Exactly !

@janrosenow The report says it was not the direct cause. What it says is that there was too much reactive power in the system (more power than demand) that caused voltage instability. There was too much power because of renewables.

BREAKING: The blackout in Spain and Portugal in April 2025 did NOT happen because of renewables. The final ENTSO-E report on last year's Iberian blackout is out — and it's essential reading for anyone working on the energy transition. entsoe.eu/news/2026/03/2…

@SenValladares @SenStricklandCA The CA solution is to offshore . NIMBY wins no matter the environmental social or financial cost . The leading dems promise the same .

It’s been 51 DAYS since we urged the Gov to hold a special session on skyrocketing gas prices — and nothing. Now Sen Democrats have rejected a bill by @SenStricklandCA to cut prices by $1/gal. Meanwhile, Californians keep paying more than anyone else. Today’s averages:
California: $5.66
U.S.: $3.91 We need action.

@mckennapr Seeps and orphaned wells

My latest: Methane emissions from the Permian Basin are 4 times greater than official estimates, according to recent satellite monitoring. A U.S. senator would like to know why. insideclimatenews.org/news/19032026/…

@bslotterback Very true . But even tho it’s methane it is a carbon emission from to oil production, not natural gas production . Largely due to fact that gas pipelines didn’t exist so NG was a waste product . Oil was the goal .

Remember that two-thirds of the climate pollution reduction since 2005 in the US - much heralded - is illusory if you include an accurate accounting of methane leaks. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@MattZeitlin Supply issues hit in around 6 weeks , price issues earlier . Only solution at the moment is to suspend CA blend .

as far as oil is concerned, california -- which already has the most expensive gasoline in the country -- is part of asia. and asia is where the current energy crisis is most acute. We're probably going to see six, seven dollar gasoline, maybe eight.

@mattwridley Solar has reduced output but still provides energy . Just not as efficient as in the desert. Colder tho is better

Not even arctic Canada is as deprived of sunlight as northern Britain. No wonder the world bank concluded we were the second least suitable country for solar power after Ireland.

@7Kiwi Need to show price versus % bat gas supplied

No countries with high penetration of wind and solar have cheap electricity. This should be a knockout blow to the "cheap renewables" lobbyists

@bslotterback You’re devoid of reason Brendon . The realities of our world are lost on people like you . Truly delusional . I wish you were right , the world would be better , but you’re not :(

Grow renewables by 8x. Rapidly phase down fossil fuels and stop the rush to fossil gas. Pass state clean energy standards and requirements that data centers bring their own clean generation.

@lrntex It’s not all WF mit . Costly renewables are also embeddded

A typical CA household is now paying an extra $290-450 per year for wildfire mitigation through their electricity bill. About 80% of wildfire mitigation in CA is now being funded through the rate base, while only 20% is being funded through the tax base (CAL FIRE). This is not only a highly regressive way of funding wildfire mitigation but an extremely suboptimal method of reducing fire risk (most fires are not ignited by utilities)!!!

@RyanMaue Yes ! God how ignorant can they be ?! . The thieves promoting climate change as a big issue will be out of work soon . Yay !

When you see a Lancet "climate change and health" study in the news media, a good rule of thumb is to put it in the trash. Lancet publishes "climate activism" nonsense as profundity with fatally flawed data and methodology.

@MikeUmbro @GavinNewsom And ca producers pay for their emissions , foreign oil gets off Scot free . Thank you CARB !

@Jamierectorcal @GavinNewsom California’s upstream emissions includes steam….and seeps! Natural seeps are counted against upstream oil and gas production in CARB’s GHG inventory data.

It’s truly this easy to evaluate the emissions with a holistic view. Local oil is at least 3x cleaner! @GavinNewsom supporting local energy production is better for the environment, creates jobs, generates revenue to state and local governments, and reduces supply chain risk.

@lamps_apple Yes !

The Democrat energy agenda from 2021 to 2025 was the most self-defeating policy experiment in modern American history. They restricted the cleanest oil on Earth. They subsidized the dirtiest. They funded terrorist regimes with tens of billions of dollars. They raised energy costs for every single American family. They didn't reduce global oil consumption by a single barrel... not one... while the world set records every year. And they did it all... every single bit of it... so they could stand at a microphone, look into a camera, and say six words that make them feel good. "We are fighting climate change."

@MikeLevin Ever heard of oil seeps Mike ?

Huge thanks to the Rancho Santa Fe Democratic Club for having me as your guest this week! Lots of enthusiasm to keep our district blue and take back the House!

@MikeUmbro @nettermike And it’s equivalent to less than 1 week of natural seeps in the region

@nettermike Major oil spill? Don’t get capture by the narrative, Mike. The Refugio spill was 3,400 barrels. The 1969 spill in Santa Barbara, which barely makes the top 10 largest spills in U.S. history, was 30 times larger.

3,952 days after a major oil spill brought all oil production off the Gaviota Coast to a screeching halt, Sable Offshore Oil flicked the switch this past Saturday and brought oil production along the South Coast back from the dead.⁠ ⁠ For the past two years, the Houston-based company has fought to resume production from the Santa Ynez Unit that the company purchased from Exxon in February 2024. For just as long, Santa Barbara environmental activists, local elected officials, and state officials have sought to slow the company down and block its path.⁠ ⁠ This past Friday, President Donald Trump intervened on Sable’s behalf, delegating his Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, to invoke the Defense Production Act to “compel” Sable to resume production. According to Sable’s press release announcing the restart, Wright’s order was designed to “address the energy scarcity and supply disruption risks caused by California policies that have left the region and U.S. military forces dependent on foreign oil.” This action was taken just a few weeks after the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran and the attendant spike in gas prices.⁠

@edgarrmcgregor Called spring —- gawd ppl are ignorant

The Outback, where it is currently summer, versus the Sonoran, where it is currently winter.

@JEBistline Wow !

New LBNL data: Connecting a clean energy project to the grid now costs an average of $194/kW in non-ISO territories, and that's only for projects that actually finished the process. Active and withdrawn projects pay far more.

@ChrisGloninger It has saved lives to date by reducing death from extreme cold

Atmospheric scientist here. Water isn't toxic either, but trap enough of it in a room and you drown. CO2 isn't killing you when you exhale. It's killing people by trapping heat in the atmosphere. The Supreme Court understood the difference in 2007. This isn't a truth bomb. It's a talking point that already lost.

@KateFantom Converting to natural gas from coal lowers emissions by 70+% . All u get is about 10% more with renewables

Fossil fuel generated electricity can never lower our emissions as renewables do. As we’ve reduced our reliance on volatile fossil fuels our emissions have lowered significantly. Burning fossil fuels means volatile prices at the pump, on your bills and higher emissions. Annually air pollution alone causes an estimated 7.9 million deaths globally with cumulative costs to the NHS from 2017–2025 projected at £1.6 billion….. Burning fossil fuels kills - Fact

@DrSimEvans And the fossil fuel energy generated by those investments is an order of magnitude greater than the energy generated by the renewable investments !

Now seems like a good time to remember that global clean-energy investment is nearly double fossil fuels