I like to write about California and how environmentally-minded the state is from time to time (I’ll spare you any hyperlinks as proof) for the purely selfish reason that I am a Californian and have pride in my state. I’m also one of those jerks that sometimes likes to remind people that California’s economy, on its own, is one of the top ten in the world. Basically, I’m obnoxious in this regard.
However, scanning treehugger.com today, I got to an article in Wired that ought to shame me a little bit. Sure, California is the third-largest state by area and first by population, but California also is the second-largest user of gasoline in the whole world.
More than China. More than India. California’s second in the world only to, obviously, the United States as a whole.
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