Posted on 08/05/2015 8:38:13 AM PDT by rktman
According to the American Legislative Exchange Council, President Obama's "Clean Energy Plan" would take 33% of productive electrical capacity off the grid by 2020. And the Washington Free Beacon notes that another report shows that the plan would close 48% of all coal fired plants in the country.
As the Wall Street Journal points out, this plan is "regulation without representation." The president's rules would usurp the traditional role of states in managing their own electrical generation and saddle the economy with enormous costs while empowering the EPA to control vast swaths of the American economy.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Herd folks into 200sq/ft apartments in the city where they’ll have total control over your every action. After all, it’s for your own good. No need for a car. Summer thermostats=80. Winter thermostats=60. Electricity on only when you need it and they’ll let you know when that is.
Hunger games scenario? Live in a certain fenced in zone with no access to the “wilderness”. Unless of course you’re one of the privileged class.
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