Our civilization runs on energy and the energy it mainly runs on at the moment is petroleum. That is going to change, and soon. Climate disruption, peak oil, and energy wars will see to that. But how, and to what alternative sources will we shift is the big question.

California, like civilization at large, is at an energy crossroads. Once a world leader in clean, renewable energy technologies, the state is now in the throes of a decision-making process that will not only unalterably determine its own energy and economic future, but that the nation, as well.

The tools below will help you become an informed participant in this historic process.