“What about people who require a constant amount of electricity for FReeping? Should they just die?”
Ever been here when FR is down? LOL! ;)
If they are commie libs, then I guess so.
In the worldview of the Left....yes.
“Would an occasional blackout help solve climate change?”
They’re only discussing blackouts because they need to soften people up for their REAL PLAN, which is to remotely shut off selected high-power loads in every home, with the obvious first item being air conditioning, but also electric water heaters, stoves, dryers, EV Chargers, etc.
That is real driver for Smart Meters, as they provide the Internet coverage necessary to implement the plan. To give you an idea of how far along they are, I remember reading, years ago, about Microsoft (or some other big tech firm) getting a patent on Internet-controlled wall receptacles.
But keep in mind, when it comes to remote shutdown of things in your home, people will be saying something: “THANK GOD it’s only certain items as they had been talking about full blackouts.”
The reason for taking control of items in your home is that there is no practical means of large-scale energy storage in the green world, as has been discussed in the numerous articles from Manhattan Contrarian posted here.
One other thing to keep in mind: Once they do get their foot in the door with this, the load removals will quickly expand from, say, an hour or two, to multiple days in a row, when cloudy.
...and they are COMPLETELY serious.
I live in a neighborhood with frequent black outs. We have old large trees 3 to 4 feet in diameter pines etc and electric on power poles. We get frequent storms that knock over trees and knock down power lines. I and several of my neighbors have gas powered generators. So do these clowns want a bunch of gas powered generators running?
No. They should move to a location where sanity rules.