> There is a ton of offshore oil in Southern California There was a lot of offshore drilling before 1969, before blow-out protectors were required, until one b

> There is a ton of offshore oil in Southern California There was a lot of offshore drilling before 1969, before blow-out protectors were required, until one big spill at the cusp of the environmental movement turned most of the California coast against oil drilling, and anything like it offshore, even, ironically, off-shore wind farms - for now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Santa_Barbara_oil_spill#Moratoria_and_bans_on_offshore_leasing_and_drilling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Santa_Barbara_oil_spill#M...