Prepper ping.
If it’s bad next year, as it looks, expect at least the year after, and likely more, to be bad as well. It will take more than one year to make up the shortfall.
metmom: "If it’s bad next year, as it looks, expect at least the year after, and likely more, to be bad as well.
It will take more than one year to make up the shortfall."
One years (food) production exists in order to resupply for the next season or next growing seasons seed growing and procuction (food) year.
Eliminate one years production can have production issues on future years seed production or 'starter crop'.
Elimination of a percentage of electricity jeopardizes future early plantings, heat, and greenhouse production of seedling 'starter sets' whereby you jump the regular growing season.
That's just in terms of agriculture. Now consider home heating, pumps for domestic natural gas production, or even circulating boiler heat in the home.
Now consider the effect on 'all electric by 2030' in the people's State of Kalifornia and you can see how vulnerable the nation's agriculture could be to electricity sabotage.
This is just a continuation of earlier electricity sabotage, which started several years ago in Simi Valley, in the people Republic of Kalifornia. Prepare accordingly !
The various electrical sub-stations have been found to be vulnerable to dissidents sabotage for almost a decade,
yet no directive from government, nor most utility providers have voluntarily complied to upgrade electrical protections for sub-stations , or distribution centers.
Prepare accordingly !