BC has so many imposed restrictions which continually stunt & thwart the place. Switzerland can approximately fit into BC 23 times. Yet, BC doesn't even have the population of one Switzerland. Canada is the world's 2nd largest country in overall area. Yet, it hasn't been allowed to have 1% of the world's population.
Environmental restrictions while intentionally good, can also really slow down the growth & energy of a region.
https://vancouversun.com/news/david-suzuki-foundation-disavows-suzukis-warning-that-pipelines-will-be-blown-up-if-there-is-no-climate-change-action/wcm/715b0e4c-0ed6-4792-a255-2a51be3adcc2 Pipes can be dangerous, but so are some of the proposals to deal with them.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2021/11/23/david-suzuki-pipeline-alberta-bc-criticism Alberta & Washington State just never became a pipedream like thwarted BC is.
https://davidsuzuki.org/story/it-will-take-more-than-electric-cars-to-drive-down-emissions/
https://davidsuzuki.org/story/residents-spur-climate-ready-cities/
There should be a focus on various reliable power sources, not just from electric power.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Biofuel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Carbon-neutral_and_negative_fuels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Compressed_natural_gas
There should also be a reasonable amount of time to transition away from oil & gas, instead of such a madrush push.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Nuclear_reactors Such power systems might be great for bases on the moon & Mars, etc. However, for the systemically active earth, there is always a risk. But nothing could ever go wrong, except for...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident 1979
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster 1986
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_nuclear_accident 2011
Hopefully, and some actually believe, that there will never be a mega-earthquake in California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_Canyon_Power_Plant#Post-Fukushima_developments
Of course if there ever is a major earthquake in that part of California, the result might be a Chernobyl & Fukushima, all at once. That would be a hell of a way to reduce the population of California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_Canyon_earthquake_vulnerability
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_nuclear_disasters_and_radioactive_incidents
