Modoc County

Hmm.

And when you go to Del Norte and Humboldt up there and, and Siskiyou and Modoc County, th- they, they say, "We're Northern Ca- The Bay Area is Central California." And actually, if you look at the map, that's pretty accurate.

But, um, so I think that actually I see this very much as bringing the whole state together.

Hmm.

You go to Sonoma County, massive geothermal potential there that's not being, um, not being allowed to grow.

Same in Modoc County in the northeast.

You've got so much potential.

Never mind that you get to other forms of power generation like natural gas.

He's touring all 58 counties.

He was literally riding a horse in Modoc County and driving a dune buggy in San Luis Obispo.

Trying to court rural voters?

Yeah.

And so those are the concerns, and we're seeing it.

And, and this is a North State, but particularly Siskiyou and Modoc County, uh, the Klamath there and Modoc, and then, you know, uh, there in, in Siskiyou.

That's the tip of the spear, and that's the way the state seems like has always operated, is go to where there's very little people who can vote.

Yeah.

In Sonoma County, you've got great potential there that's not being tapped.

Up in Modoc County in the far northeast, we could be massive in geothermal there.

Down in Imperial County near the Salton Sea, we've got artificial caps on the amount of geothermal power we can generate.

Same with hydropower, which is also insane when we think about all the amazing resources we could have both to help with our water supply situation and use it to generate electricity at the same time.

And once you basically eliminate their ability to see the stars, you're taking away one of those central cues that enables them to do that and do it accurately.

I was in Modoc County, which is one of the most rural and remote parts of California, just last week, and saw sandhill cranes and all kinds of migrating birds, and that is along the Pacific Flyway.

But I was also thinking to myself, it's so dark over here at night that these birds have no problems navigating because it's got a nice, natural, dark sky.

Exactly right.