Yesterday the U.S. Department of Energy released its initiative for Building a Better Grid.
What they apparently mean is building an enormously profitable grid of dubious purpose that puts money in big energy pockets. It's not about benefiting you. It never was.
What they apparently mean is building an enormously profitable grid of dubious purpose that puts money in big energy pockets. It's not about benefiting you. It never was.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today launched the “Building a Better Grid” Initiative to catalyze the nationwide development of new and upgraded high-capacity electric transmission lines, as enabled by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
It's the boot on the neck of rural America that I've been warning you about.
It prattles on...
It prattles on...
Building a Better Grid will work with community and industry stakeholders to identify national transmission needs and support the buildout of long-distance, high voltage transmission facilities that are critical to reaching President Biden’s goal of 100% clean electricity by 2035 and a zero emissions economy by 2050. This program will make the U.S. power grid more resilient to the impacts of climate change, increase access to affordable and reliable clean energy, and create good-paying American jobs across industry sectors – boosting transmission jobs which employs over one million workers across the country.
Did she say community stakeholders? Oh, that's just for show. If you dig down deep into the guts of this bureaucratic plan, you will find that community stakeholders are not actually mentioned as having a seat at the table. The role of the community is to play a bit part they have written for you that only comes onstage AFTER a transmission line has been planned for your community. Until then, you're supposed to remain blissfully unaware.
Many will. However, there's a huge army of the "transmission woke" that have been affected by previous plans that ended in disaster. Whether it was disaster for the community when a transmission line was actually permitted and built, or disaster for the transmission company when their transmission line was cancelled, it was still a disaster. It takes an enormous outpouring of time, energy and funding to beat a transmission line. When the battle is over, many of the weary may re-engage in their "pre-transmission" lives, but they are still "transmission woke." Once you see the horror of unneeded, unwanted, invasive transmission in your community, you can never unsee it. Together, we are a force to be reckoned with.
The folks who have wrestled with unwanted transmission in the past are sitting ducks. If your community, or property, was targeted by past transmission projects, then you are ground zero for new proposals. What looked attractive to the last transmission company for siting its project will still look attractive to a new company. Or perhaps the same old company, acting out of pure spite. Would they like another chance to engage with you and win because they have been given a bigger sledgehammer by Congress and arrogant bureaucrats? Perhaps.
WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP! RED ALERT!!! This is not a drill! I'm sounding the alarm. We all need to come together now to get a seat at the table and use our combined muscle to shape the implementation of this new law to build sensibly without causing undue impact in our communities. We have a plan.
Watch this space for a big announcement coming soon!
When our government gets out of control, we can't simply sit back and say, "Someone needs to do something!" We're all someone. Even you!
Many will. However, there's a huge army of the "transmission woke" that have been affected by previous plans that ended in disaster. Whether it was disaster for the community when a transmission line was actually permitted and built, or disaster for the transmission company when their transmission line was cancelled, it was still a disaster. It takes an enormous outpouring of time, energy and funding to beat a transmission line. When the battle is over, many of the weary may re-engage in their "pre-transmission" lives, but they are still "transmission woke." Once you see the horror of unneeded, unwanted, invasive transmission in your community, you can never unsee it. Together, we are a force to be reckoned with.
The folks who have wrestled with unwanted transmission in the past are sitting ducks. If your community, or property, was targeted by past transmission projects, then you are ground zero for new proposals. What looked attractive to the last transmission company for siting its project will still look attractive to a new company. Or perhaps the same old company, acting out of pure spite. Would they like another chance to engage with you and win because they have been given a bigger sledgehammer by Congress and arrogant bureaucrats? Perhaps.
WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP! RED ALERT!!! This is not a drill! I'm sounding the alarm. We all need to come together now to get a seat at the table and use our combined muscle to shape the implementation of this new law to build sensibly without causing undue impact in our communities. We have a plan.
Watch this space for a big announcement coming soon!
When our government gets out of control, we can't simply sit back and say, "Someone needs to do something!" We're all someone. Even you!
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