The California Experiment

Why should eco-Californians feel proud?  The October 2009 issue of The Atlantic has an article about renewable energy in California.  Here is one nice eco-stat:

“At the time of the 1973 oil shock, California used about 17 percent less electricity per person than the country at large.  Since then, as Rosenfeld likes to point out in a chart that has been dubbed ‘the Rosenfeld Curve,’ per capita electricity use in the nation has increased by about 50 percent to about 12,000 kilowatt-hours annually.  Meanwhile, over that same period, per capita electricity use in California has remained absolutely flat at about 7,000 kilowatt-hours per year.  That means the average Californian today uses about 40 percent less electricity per year than the average American.”

Congrats, Californians!  As they say – “As California goes, so goes the nation!”  Here’s hoping…