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N<\/span>ew standards for replacement automobile tires will \u201csave California drivers nearly $1 billion per year in gasoline and electricity costs, putting money back in their pockets. The standards will also reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2 million metric tons per year, equivalent to taking approximately 400,000 gasoline cars off California roads.\u201d<\/p>\n

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That is the claim of the\u00a0California Energy Commission, whose commissioners, allegedly experts in energy issues, are appointed by the governor. Gov. Gavin Newsom appointee\u00a0Nancy Skinner, a Berkeley Democrat, is listed as an \u201cengineer\/scientist.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Californians in the market for new tires have cause to wonder.<\/p>\n

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The California Energy Commission produces no energy but wants to limit the people\u2019s choices in the tire and car markets.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Skinner boasts a degree in \u201cconservation and resource studies,\u201d and a masters in \u201ceducation.\u201d Degrees in dubious disciplines hardly qualify Skinner as an engineer or scientist. She is first and foremost a politician, in the state legislature since 2008, and like other commissioners shrink-wrapped in climate-change superstition.<\/p>\n

The Commission seems unaware that tire manufacturers strive to deliver the best possible mileage. Unelected government commissions played no role in that process, and drivers are fully capable of selecting the tires that best meet their needs. With California enforcing the nation\u2019s highest gasoline prices, that tends to be the best possible mileage. Even so, the commissioners want Californians to get only the tires the government wants them to have.<\/p>\n

In similar style, by 2035 Gov. Newsom wants all new cars sold in the state to be electric. As Californians have noted, the electrical grid is prone to blackouts, and in 2022 the state told electric car drivers\u00a0not to charge their cars\u00a0during peak hours. Based on that reality, Californians might prefer hybrids, or fuel-efficient gasoline-powered cars.<\/p>\n

The California Energy Commission doesn\u2019t produce or deliver energy. On the other hand, the CEC proves adept at restricting the choices of the people and increasing their cost of living. In that role the energy commission is hardly alone.<\/p>\n

The California Coastal Commission, an appointed body, overrides scores of elected city and county government officials on land-use issues. The CCC also rides roughshod over property rights and quashes key desalination projects. Commissioner Dayna Bochco told reporters \u201cthe ocean is under attack\u201d\u00a0from climate change.<\/p>\n

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A coastal commissioner since 2011, Bochco served as an entertainment lawyer for her late husband\u2019s production company, producer of shows such as \u201cDoogie Howser M.D.\u201d If Californians thought she was unqualified it would be hard to blame them.<\/p>\n

Like Nancy Skinner, Bochco fancies herself an \u201cenvironmentalist\u201d but that is a misnomer. The California Coastal Commission effectively\u00a0excludes<\/em>\u00a0people from the benefits of the state\u2019s major asset, the Pacific Ocean, and the energy reserves in the ground. So \u201cexclusionist\u201d is the more accurate designation.<\/p>\n

The California Energy Commission produces no energy but wants to limit the people\u2019s choices in the tire and car markets. Californians can be forgiven for believing that both commissions should be eliminated at first opportunity, and there are more unelected bodies to consider.<\/p>\n

October 18 will mark 50 years since San Francisco mayor George Moscone\u00a0appointed Jim Jones to the San Francisco Housing Authority. The authority holds jurisdiction over \u201cpublic\u201d housing in the city but produces no housing for the wider marketplace. Jones served for less than a year then departed for Guyana, where in 1978 he led more than 900 people, including 300 children, in a\u00a0mass murder-suicide at \u201cJonestown.\u201d<\/p>\n

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