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californiaCalifornia needs to fight Wildfire with fire and stop building houses in the forests

August 1, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Battalion chief with Cal Fire Jonathan Cox said the rise in the number of wildfires over the last several years has been “the new normal” in California. There have been larger and more destructive fires year over year. It is …
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californiaCalifornia is lying now because they actually defined high-speed rail in 2008

July 31, 2018 | brian wang |
 
In 2008 an original bond measure approved the California High-Speed rail project. The measure was full of lies about costs. There was a strict guarantee that the California high-speed rail measure included in 2008. Maximum non-stop time for San Francisco-Los …
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californiaTexas could have a higher population than California in 2045

July 15, 2018 | brian wang |
 
California had a massive drop in projected population since a reforecast in 2014 and the forecasted future population in Texas has been increasing. The newest combined estimates are that Texas could have more people than California by 2045. If Texas …
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californiaCalifornia requires solar power on all new homes starting in 2020

May 10, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
California has voted to require solar panels on new homes and low-rise apartment buildings built after 2020. The California Energy Commission estimates they would add an average $10,500 in construction costs for a single-family home but generate about $16,000 in …
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californiaCalifornia would be 5th largest economy and Texas 11th compared to national GDP

May 5, 2018 | brian wang |
 
The Bureau of Economic Analysis indicates that California had GDP growth of 3.4% and Texas had GDP growth of 5.2%. At the end of 2017, California had a GDP of $2.80 trillion and Texas had a GDP of 1.75 trillion. …
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californiaCalifornia should have over 40 million in September 2018

April 20, 2018 | brian wang |
 
California will have over 40 million people around September, 2018. California’s population grew by 301,000 people between July 1, 2016 and July 1, 2017 to total 39.6 million. By July 1, 2018 California should have 39.9 million and should be …
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californiaUS Trade problem is the ease of switching from Boeing to Airbus or European wine instead of California wine

March 31, 2018 | brian wang |
 
An all-out trade war between the US and China would seem like a problem for the USA. A batch of Boeing orders would be replaced by Airbus. US auto and iPhone sales in China would suffer a setback, and US …
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californiaCalifornia high-speed rail more than double the cost and ten years late if funded

March 10, 2018 | brian wang |
 
California rail authority announced that the cost of connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco would be $77.3 billion and could rise as high as $98.1 billion. This is $13 billion higher than estimates from two years ago and doubles the …
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californiaCalifornia high speed rail is doomed and ultimately will cost $19.5 billion to repay in bonds including interest

January 18, 2018 | brian wang |
 
The cost of the 119 mile Central Valley section has now officially gone up to $10.6 billion. California does not have budgeted money to finish. California has to find extra money for that section. California High Speed Rail Authority will …
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californiaDenials of sex and drugs at a specific Silicon Valley party

January 15, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Techcrunch debunks part of the Silicon Valley sex party accusations. At least one well documented party (a Draper Fisher Jurvetson event) has many people indicating there was no sex or drugs at the party. Paul Biggar writing at the Medium …
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