US doesn’t need Orange County’s coast to achieve energy independence

When U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke kicked off 2018 with a proposal to vastly expand the availability of the Outer Continental Shelf for future oil and gas development, fears immediately surfaced that the few platforms dotting Orange County’s coast for decades would soon be joined by legions more.
Indeed, Sec. Zinke’s draft proposal for 2019 – 2024 includes plans to study and receive input on seven potential new lease sales off the Southern California coast. Whether