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Apparently it takes oodles of electricity -- power on an industrial scale -- to make the vast quantities of gasoline required by our thirsty automobiles.
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This is the refinery in Martinez, in the upper east quadrant of San Francisco Bay -- I think the brand they use is "Shell". Visitors are not welcome.
Now, I don't know why I feel I need to tell you this, but all my life I've snickered that just by blocking out the "S" in "Shell" the result is "hell". It was merely a stroke-of-luck and/or a walk-in-righteousness that my Dad always filled up at Union gas stations.
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California needs power -- and lots of it. Moving it around is probably even more complicated than it looks.
Location: Sherman Island, lower Sacramento Delta area.
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Time Travelers from the distant past would probably be scratching their heads at this latest design. A windmill that pumps electrons instead of water -- now, that would take some explaining.
Location: Montezuma Hills, between Fairfield and Rio Vista.
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