“what will they do after 2024”
The people making these decisions, and those they serve don’t care what problems they create for the hoi polloi. It’s just not taken into account.
But here’s the answer. In the fall of 2019, before the Rona, and during the Norcal rolling blackouts, I was on the morning ferry from Sausalito to San Francisco, and overheard two of the passengers, obvious financial types talking about their Tesla “powerwall” batteries. One guy had installed two, the other only had one, and they were discussing upgrading. These things cost, I think, around 15 grand each, installed.
The elite have their power, the rest of us can just freeze in the dark.
Yes, the rich have unlimited power. The poor and middle class are at the mercy of the powerful rich