It's a new word for the bloviating nonsense spewed by Bill Gates' Macrogrid Initiative.
Bill Gates became rich selling crappy computer technology that enslaved the vast majority. Now he thinks he's an expert on absolutely everything and dreams of taking over the world and remaking it to his own liking. Money doesn't equal intelligence. The only ones buying his schtick are the ones Bill is buying to carry it out. The ordinary man is not impressed. In fact, the ordinary man is positively revolted by the rich and powerful dictating every aspect of his life and finances. The ordinary man will dig in his heels and oppose Bill's brain farts simply on general principles. Bill's energy vision is no different.
Bill gathered all the best dreamers and schemers he could buy to sell his vision of top down big energy to the new Big Government bureaucrats hungry for power and prestige. Obviously Bill isn't interested in selling his plan to the masses. Perhaps he thinks that his Big Government can be used to stomp on the masses and drag them into an increasingly expensive and unreliable energy future controlled by the global elite?
Sorry, we're not on board. In fact, we're going to fight, kick and scream the whole way. And we're going to keep speaking truth to power until we get our way.
Big Government agency U.S. Department of Energy held a "summit" last week under the auspices of its ARPA-E program. There, our Big Government "partnered" with Big Transmission and its bastard child "The Macrogrid Initiative" to tell us what we need "as a society."
The four words no for-profit industry should ever utter:
Bill Gates became rich selling crappy computer technology that enslaved the vast majority. Now he thinks he's an expert on absolutely everything and dreams of taking over the world and remaking it to his own liking. Money doesn't equal intelligence. The only ones buying his schtick are the ones Bill is buying to carry it out. The ordinary man is not impressed. In fact, the ordinary man is positively revolted by the rich and powerful dictating every aspect of his life and finances. The ordinary man will dig in his heels and oppose Bill's brain farts simply on general principles. Bill's energy vision is no different.
Bill gathered all the best dreamers and schemers he could buy to sell his vision of top down big energy to the new Big Government bureaucrats hungry for power and prestige. Obviously Bill isn't interested in selling his plan to the masses. Perhaps he thinks that his Big Government can be used to stomp on the masses and drag them into an increasingly expensive and unreliable energy future controlled by the global elite?
Sorry, we're not on board. In fact, we're going to fight, kick and scream the whole way. And we're going to keep speaking truth to power until we get our way.
Big Government agency U.S. Department of Energy held a "summit" last week under the auspices of its ARPA-E program. There, our Big Government "partnered" with Big Transmission and its bastard child "The Macrogrid Initiative" to tell us what we need "as a society."
The four words no for-profit industry should ever utter:
WE AS A SOCIETY
You're not part of our "society." You have your own "society" of filthy rich folks who want to use us as a stepping stone to even more riches. Any elite blowhard who utters these words is displaying his own arrogance. It is SOCIETY that decides what we need "as a society," not elite dictators. Saying these words guarantees that society will fight you tooth and nail.
And that's exactly what's going to happen to Bill's Macrogrid Initiative. Having a dream to build a gigantic, new electric grid is one thing; getting there is another. There's a fork in the road, and Bill and his cabal have veered off onto the wrong path.
Two options:
1. Innovate new energy solutions that would be accepted by society.
2. Use old energy solutions that are highly profitable and attempt to force them on society.
One path requires more money upfront but guarantees smooth sailing on the back end. The other requires no effort in the beginning, but will flounder endlessly when rejected by society. You'd think Bill would be smart enough to know the difference, but perhaps his arrogance gets in the way?
The only way we as a society are going to allow an energy transition is if it does not impact the sanctity of our homes and empty our wallets. Otherwise, get ready for eternal, entrenched opposition from society. We're not docile sheep, in fact you're probably going to be surprised by the virulence we can muster when threatened.
And that's exactly what's going to happen to Bill's Macrogrid Initiative. Having a dream to build a gigantic, new electric grid is one thing; getting there is another. There's a fork in the road, and Bill and his cabal have veered off onto the wrong path.
Two options:
1. Innovate new energy solutions that would be accepted by society.
2. Use old energy solutions that are highly profitable and attempt to force them on society.
One path requires more money upfront but guarantees smooth sailing on the back end. The other requires no effort in the beginning, but will flounder endlessly when rejected by society. You'd think Bill would be smart enough to know the difference, but perhaps his arrogance gets in the way?
The only way we as a society are going to allow an energy transition is if it does not impact the sanctity of our homes and empty our wallets. Otherwise, get ready for eternal, entrenched opposition from society. We're not docile sheep, in fact you're probably going to be surprised by the virulence we can muster when threatened.
The panelists agreed that regulatory entities will need to alter their policies to accelerate transmission projects and facilitate their interconnection to the grid.
Alter regulation to increase your profits and decrease society's rights? I don't think so. In fact, you might even get surprised by some regulatory virulence if you keep trying to stuff your arrogant ideas down that pipe.
Regulation is for benefit of society. It's not for the purpose of increasing utility power and profits. Regulators serve ME, not YOU. We as a society have created a regulatory paradigm that cannot be dismantled or it will cease to exist and become nothing more than a political-corporate dictatorship that does not protect consumers. Regulation was formed to protect consumers from corporations, not the other way around. Are we going to need regulators to protect us from the regulators? Or are we going to need a revolution?
It's not that great a stretch these days for the people to disconnect from the bloated energy bureaucracy and make their own energy. What good is a kingdom with no subjects?
Game on, Bill!
Regulation is for benefit of society. It's not for the purpose of increasing utility power and profits. Regulators serve ME, not YOU. We as a society have created a regulatory paradigm that cannot be dismantled or it will cease to exist and become nothing more than a political-corporate dictatorship that does not protect consumers. Regulation was formed to protect consumers from corporations, not the other way around. Are we going to need regulators to protect us from the regulators? Or are we going to need a revolution?
It's not that great a stretch these days for the people to disconnect from the bloated energy bureaucracy and make their own energy. What good is a kingdom with no subjects?
Game on, Bill!
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