Governor Newsom champions measures that would take us back to medieval times

Ronald Stein
Founder and Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure of PTS Advance, headquartered in Irvine, California

Governor Newsom is vocally supportive of the Green New Deal that would take us back to medieval times. The Governor’s statement on July 12th was scary. He is looking into putting a moratorium on fracking for oil and wants to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. The Governor seems to be oblivious to the […]

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Finally, California residents get a real WIN from SCAQMD

Ronald Stein
Founder and Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure of PTS Advance, headquartered in Irvine, California

After maintaining an adversarial front toward industry and citizenry alike for decades, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) finally acquiesced, by a narrow margin, to give up one fight. All California  residents got something from the SCAQMD vote on Saturday June 26th that they seldom get from the 1,000 or so bills that […]

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Californians need to follow Australian voters who reset their Demand for Reliable & Affordable Electricity

Ronald Stein
Founder and Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure of PTS Advance, headquartered in Irvine, California

California voters should look for guidance from Australian voters, as their 2019 Federal Election was billed as a referendum on ‘Climate Change’. The Green/Labor Alliance promised an all wind and sun powered future, and a crippling carbon dioxide gas tax, dressed up as a CO2 emissions reduction target, and an elevated need for new cars […]

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Australia’s voters reject environmental fantasies

Ronald Stein
Founder and Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure of PTS Advance, headquartered in Irvine, California

Following the recent uprisings in Venezuela and France, the results of Australia’s May 18th election may have put California lawmakers on notice that California’s working class and blue collar voters may also be ready to express their opinions at the polls. In a remarkable and most unexpected outcome, Australia’s conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison has […]

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California’s Legislature continues to dance around the Transparency pricing at the pump issue

Ronald Stein
Founder and Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure of PTS Advance, headquartered in Irvine, California

For decades, blue collar workers have been complaining about the high cost of fuels in California.  And for decades the legislature has tiptoed around the issue of exposing the truth behind why the price of fuels in the state is so much higher than what the rest of the country regularly pays at the pump. […]

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California Democrats Fail to Denounce the Egregious Proliferation of Child Labor in the EV supply chain

Ronald Stein
Founder and Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure of PTS Advance, headquartered in Irvine, California

In an April 23rd Press Release, California Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, announced that her Assembly Bill 735, at which this writer testified in favor of on April 22nd, the Air Quality Improvement Program: Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, which stops the use of child labor in the supply chains of electric vehicles, failed in the […]

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California Lawmakers want to perpetuate the state as a U.S. National Security Risk

Ronald Stein
Founder and Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure of PTS Advance, headquartered in Irvine, California

Somehow Californians are proud (or oblivious) to the fact that the state is already a National Security Risk to America as both California’s in-state crude oil production, and Alaskan oil imports are both in-decline to meet the States’ energy needs. Shockingly, according to the California Energy Commission, California increased crude oil imports from foreign countries […]

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SCAQMD actions will get more dollars from blue collars

Ronald Stein
Founder and Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure of PTS Advance, headquartered in Irvine, California

I can’t for the life of me figure out what beef the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has against local businesses and blue collar pocketbooks.  It’s like the Hatfields vs the McCoys vs the McCoys. At every turn of the stone the District is taking potshots at industries moseying down the road minding […]

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California using Band-Aids for Homeless Wounds

Ronald Stein
Founder and Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure of PTS Advance, headquartered in Irvine, California

The problem with the California economy is not greenness.  It’s homelessness.  Get these people off our streets first.  Make living like a human being affordable again. If there is no incentive to work, why work. Every year there are over 2,500+ new bills expected to fill the annual calendar of the 80 Assemblymen and 40 […]

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The Green Ethical Supply Chain is not yet Transparent

Ronald Stein
Founder and Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure of PTS Advance, headquartered in Irvine, California

As auto giants scale up EV production in earnest, they’re in a race to lock down crucial battery supplies. Before you purchase your EV from a major global automaker have you read and confirmed that they are in compliance with The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act SB657? It’s not in the best interests of […]

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