Recently, an image popped up on social media showing a roadside sign stating ” Has Anyone Tried Unplugging The United States And Plugging It Back In “? While that image might have been created in order to knock the liberal progressives and their policies, it did trigger the idea that America might be moving too fast with changes without enough discussion about the possible downsides to the average American’s way of life.

With Liberal Progressives in a position of political power, they have been racing to implement their liberal agenda on this country. Without getting into a long rant on whether or not their agenda items are valid, there needs to be some discussion on the impact these policies, if fully implemented,  will have on the future of every American citizen.

One of the biggest items on the liberal progressive’s agenda is climate change. Again, without getting into a huge debate about whether or not climate change is valid or not, there really hasn’t been a whole lot of discussion as to what the outcome will be of the policies being put into place today and their effect will have on our future style of living. Environmentalists having been working at a feverish pace in order to block drilling and distribution of all fossil fuels and replace them with green energy. But what does that do to the average American’s way of living. Fossil fuels are the foundation on which our current way of life is built. Can green energy alone sustain our current life style? Currently, given the our level of technology, green energy is not fully reliable to power our energy needs. Wind and solar are not constant enough to keep the power flowing to American households allowing people to keep their internet devices, household appliances and things like heat and lighting on around the clock in every weather situation. Then add in liberal progressives push to force the entire country to accept EVs as their form of transportation. This adds even more strain on the green energy power grid to provide enough energy to allow for the recharging of EVs. So let’s look at the issues Americans will be facing in the near future.

With the huge sums of borrowed money being thrown at the liberal progressives vision of how our energy will be generated, via laws like the Inflation Reduction Act, there has been a huge distortion in the economics of power production. Coal and natural gas fired power plants are being shut down rapidly because they can’t make a profit given all the incentives being thrown at green energy. This has lead to a weakening of the power production base that is needed in order to fill in when green energy is not able to cover demand. Are Americans willing to accept that black outs could become normal? What about American businesses? What will be their reaction when they realize that they can’t operate their businesses with the assurance that enough power will be available for them in order to run the plants profitably? Also keep in mind that there is no central planning currently in place in order to maintain the base load power structure. What happens if power companies close too many fossil fuel power generation plants and the green energy infrastructure is insufficient to pick up the slack? Keep in mind, current power companies are the ones making the decision as to whether or not a fossil fuel plants closes due to profitability issues. These are huge questions without any answers. And the issues facing average Americans hasn’t been discussed yet.

Are Americans willing to come home from a hard days work and find out that there is no power for them to cook their dinner on their mandated electric stove? What will parents do when there is no electricity there to power their children’s gaming devices resulting in family friction? How about the lack of enough electricity in order to plugin the family’s EVs because of a wind and solar shortfall? How are people living in cities in apartments and condos going to feel about having been forced into buying an EV, but they have no convenient way for them to charge their EV’s due to having to park in either on the street or private parking structures?  Also along that same vein, how are they going to feel when they have to leave their EV’s outside in the winter and the cold weather has cut the range on their EV, leaving them short on range for their daily commute.

This article has only touched on a few possibilities that Americans might face in the future. There really hasn’t been any planning on how the lower income levels of our society will cope with these changes. Example, the high cost of EVs and there limited economic life span. Currently, there are millions of lower income people who can only afford a used car. But, when they purchase a used car, they know that even as their used car ages, it will have some value left when they decide to purchase another used car. With EVs that’s not going to happen. Environmental activists have succeeded in many states getting laws passed outlawing gas powered vehicles from being sold after a near future date. So as EVs age, they are drawing nearer to the day when the battery in that EVs needs replacing. Due to the very high cost of replacing an EVs battery the used EV, that lower income people purchased, will be absolutely worthless. Will these EVs end up just abandoned on city streets. Will the poor even be able to buy a car? So many questions, so few answers.

In conclusion, America is speeding along a route of change with a huge number of question still needing answers. Is America going to wait until an economic disaster happens before we have any kind of discussion about how these issues will be addressed. Also keep in mind, this article only touched on a extremely small number of questions needing answered. And the biggest question still in the room, even with America’s investment in all these climate change policies, will they really make a difference changing the entire worlds climate?

Feel free to place your comment on this subject. You do not have to enter your name. That is your choice.