The Republicans (e.g. my relatives who still live and suffer in California) have been rendered insignificant. Even Arnold Swarzeneger was rendered insignificant.
My phones all have buttons on the sides. The buttons tend to get pressed when I put the phone in the clamp (67 Designs). There is only a small sweet spot for positioning of the phone so it does not block the view, or the dash. As a result, I hardly ever use it.
Google maps did find two routes between San Diego to Boulder City, NV which avoid highways. Naturally, it takes longer. There is no escaping that the routes pass through some of the least forgiving desert in the country.
A large portion of the electricity cost is related to infrastructure such as transmission lines and substations. In unlimited liability states like California, things become more frantic since a little spark on a windy day from a well-maintained transmission line or transformer could result in...