Ahead of key votes on controversial tech and social media bills, lawmakers and tech lobbyists are gathering at a swanky Napa Valley resort.
On whether California and the country are doing enough on climate:. The country and state are doing all they can politically, and they’ll do more. But the resistance is huge.”“How many vehicles do we have on the road, and how long are they going to last? If you want to get serious, you could say, ‘OK, in two years we’ll take away all the gas cars, we’ll buy them from you. And you’ll get an electric car in return.’ That’s not feasible. We’re still a fossil fuel civilization.
“If you want to get more gas-fired plants, the best thing to do is to shut them all down now. And then when the massive blackouts come, the politics will be so powerful that you’ll get even more gas plants than if you make sure that the lights don’t go out in the meantime. If you push too far, there’s a backlash. … So if you maybe try to move slower, you end up moving faster.”“I’m not going to weigh in on that one. There are a lot of people who have their views.
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