Bars usually have redbull dispensers around here. But as others have mentioned, caffeine in bulk can do damage. I once went to a gas station and they had energy drinks on tap. I'm had a 48oz energy drink with energy shots. I TALKED WITH CAPS LOCK ON FOR 4 DAYS NON-STOP.
I'm going to say something that may be largely unpopular here; but they are not entirely to blame. California is a state defined by wild fires. It's at the edge of a desert. It's always warm there. And it's on the west Coast. The hottest place in the world is in California. It's always been a tinder box.
People keep building and building there. The weather is great. But, that keeps making the area more and more dry. Blacktop does not allow water to go back into thw water table. The Colorado river keeps getting water pulled from it. It's hardly the river it once was.
I have a hard time thinking this is big oil because or this. I'm not for big oil. We just laughed at the face of mother nature and it laughed back at our hubris*.
Honestly that just makes it better