Played for fools

"Then the reality really hit me. Biden was elected by a majority of voters (supposedly). Walz was re-elected by a majority of voters. People either didn't know or didn't care they were voting for morons."

I am a product of government education in Minnesota. That is the bad news. The good news is that when I went to school, kids actually learned stuff. We were educated, not indoctrinated. Why bring this up? We were also taught back then to always look at the "big picture". To look at the total picture, instead of just one corner of it. That being said, what is being jammed down our throats right now with this mad dash to EV transportation - makes no sense. The numbers don't add up. And because of that, we are headed for a brick wall, at one hundred miles per hour.

FACT # 1 - As neat and nifty as EVs might appear to be, there is one fatal flaw. They don't produce their own energy. They store energy, which is produced somewhere else, but they don't make any. Because of that, we need to look back at our energy sources, to ensure that we can produce enough electricity to make these things run reliably. Right now, we don't have enough energy to power hundreds of thousands EV charging stations.

FACT # 2 - Minnesota is hell bent on becoming "carbon free" by 2040. That means good bye to fossil fuel energy, no matter how clean it is. It will also mean hello to windmills and solar. 2040 is only 17 years away. That means in 17 years, we need to get our windmills and solar to come up from the minor league of production, to a mainstay of electricity. Unless a miracle takes place, "that ain't gonna happen".

FACT # 3 - Where do we charge our EVs? This past summer, we bought an RV. When sitting in the driveway, we still use it. But it needs electricity. It has a 50 amp service (not uncommon). To plug it in, we needed to have a 50 amp service plug in the garage. By luck, our garage had enough juice in it to power a 50 amp service. That being said, it still cost over $1,250 for the material and labor to have the plug installed. If our garage did not have the excess capacity, it would have cost a whole lot more to install. 

FACT # 4 - Before we hit the brick wall, we need some adults in the room. In Minnesota, we need to stop this runaway train, and pepper it with some common sense. You really want an EV future without ANY fossil fuels? Than you better get the permits ready to put on a fast tract, for at least 3 new nuke plants. If we try and run this state on only renewables, we are headed for a trainwreck and bankruptcy. Don't think so? Then talk me down off this cliff.

Listening to the low lights of Slo Joe' speech last night, as well as reading the paper with what the socialists are trying to do in St. Paul, I was struck by a troublesome thought. Are we being governed by morons? Non-thinking robots? Cannot anyone in charge connect the dots? The energy future we are leaving for our kids and grandkids is bleak at best. Where is plan "B"? Plan "C"? Anything?

Then the reality really hit me. Biden was elected by a majority of voters (supposedly). Walz was re-elected by a majority of voters. People either didn't know or didn't care they were voting for morons. One day, when their electric bill is higher than their mortgage, and blackouts become common, the "blue pill" takers will wake up. But by then it will be too late. 

Biden said last night, "Our work is not yet finished". What work is that sir? The dismantling of America? Right now, many of us do not recognize our country. It is amazing what can be undone in only two years.