That’s where genuine “conspiracy theorists” start in your scenario.
I’m not convinced, but their arguments are something along the lines that there is no intention to building an electrical grid capable of supplying current demand.
They are “transitioning” to or preparing for a so iety with a whole lot less people, i.e. for whatever or however reasons, there will be a lot of dead people very, very soon. Therefore there will be no need for the level of infrastructure we have now. Again these are not my opinions, but the paranoid can’t help but notice these things. And there is a certain elegance to the scheme.
Call it a conspiracy theory, but as Sowell points out, it is wishful thinking to believe that EVERYONE will get brought into the Brave New World.
As we see now, it’s not very hard to ostracize a good portion of the population who don’t respond as they wish.
We may think we can keep living our lives as normal while this ‘progress’ takes place around us. They will do everything to make sure we don’t.