Doomsday for California as last barrel of oil from the Middle East arrives in Long Beach.
Hong Kong’s ship New Corolla, which loaded up on oil in February, will soon depart, and the state will have to figure out how to make up for 200,000 barrels of oil a day it got from the Middle East.
California is particularly vulnerable in this situation, as its status as an isolated energy island without gas pipelines has led it to increasingly rely on imports.
A few weeks ago, a number of Democratic and Republican state lawmakers sounded the alarm on the impending emergency — and blasted California’s energy authorities for not having a plan.
“We are demanding an emergency plan to deal with this fuel crisis,” Assemblymember David Alvarez (D) said at a press conference.