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You can't look at local energy usage and make this claim. It's not only the goods and services that come into the state that require energy in other countries, but all of the capital the flows in as well that ultimately has it's source in energy someplace else on the globe.

I recommend reading Smil's Energy and Civilization for a better picture of this.




California has similar consumption import patterns as other U.S. states like Texas, but compared to those other states the economy of California has departed from their energy/gsp ratios.




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