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Posted on 11/13/2026 12:24:57 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The party swept into power after vowing to lower energy bills. It won’t be easy.
Gushing victory speeches by Democrats who promised to tame electricity prices marked the beginning of a risky political countdown. Time is not on their side.
The party’s focus on addressing cost-of-living issues by expanding clean power could increase prices before it lowers them, according to energy analysts, raising the risk that Democrats could enter the 2028 presidential cycle before fulfilling their affordability promises.
“That’s a legitimate issue, and it’s not going to be solved in one political cycle,” Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) acknowledged in an interview this week. “Now we’re just in the sticker shock moment.”
Renewable sources like wind, solar and batteries carry no fuel costs and can lead to cheaper electricity, supporting the narrative many Democrats made a pillar of their campaigns. Flooding the grid with clean energy could limit dependence on fossil fuels like natural gas, oil and coal, which can experience sharp price swings in response to geopolitical events like the Iran war.
But generating the power that lights homes only accounts for some of the cost that people pay to their utility company — amounting to just over half of the bill. Other costs come from expensive issues that are harder to address politically, and take more time — like expanding the grid.
“The cost driver is not the generation side in the first place, so it can’t solve the problem,” said Travis Fisher, a former Trump administration official who’s now...
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They lied and America died...
These communist basstids may have been born here, but they’re definitely not Americans,,,
“ The party’s focus on addressing cost-of-living issues by expanding clean power could increase prices before it lowers them”
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“Expanding “clean power” ALWAYS increases costs and NEVER lowers them. NEVER!!
Isn't that how it always worked for them before?
Not sticker shock.
Buyer’s Remorse.
“Renewable sources like wind, solar and batteries carry no fuel costs and can lead to cheaper electricity…”
They are leaving out a stage of cost for these so called renewables; the batteries. You can’t just pull power out of the ether when you need it, it has to be buffered somewhere. That ain’t cheap by a long shot. If anyone thinks data centers will take up space…
It is outright lying by Democrats. Promises of lower taxes, lower energy costs, lower food costs, lower housing costs. Lies! We can guarantee that hyperinflation will drive costs extremely high, and fuel costs will be unaffordable, housing will be ever more expensive, and life will turn to crap as the Democrats take more power in government. Guaranteed!
The only “clean” power that actually delivers is hydro. That’s probably why Democrats hate it.
Make them explain, every week, why they did not live up to their promises and made costs increase.
Green New Deal. Ban coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydro. Impose wind and solar from China, import from China at their cheap prices, and make us pay.
“Renewable sources like wind, solar and batteries carry no fuel costs and can lead to cheaper electricity”
Only if you don’t count the energy and other costs of building this garbage.
“ Buyer’s Remorse.”
What it take for a national recall effort?
Energy costs could, can, may be cheaper in the long run with renewables.
And new nuclear technology. Again why the Dems are against it.
The a-holes will once again push renewables, which will increase the cost and reduce the reliability of the electrical grid and energy infrastructure.
They are mindless zombies, hellbent on a goal and the ends will justify the means.
The party swept into power after vowing to lower energy bills. It won’t be easy.“
This is just insulting. These scumbags know damn well the rats will do nothing about energy costs. The Dems could not care less why they were elected. F the idiot voters for voting for the party that intentionally drove up energy costs when they were in power. Idiots.
The party swept into power after vowing to lower energy bills by shutting down all refineries and power plants. Which will absolutely Lower your energy bills.
The Euros, especially the Germans, have spent huge money on “decarbonizing” their energy supply with “clean energy”. It is hugely expensive and they are losing industry and jobs over it. The Dems need to be hammered with this history when they push more Green energy scams.
What a wonderful world it will be.
Democrats will show their TRUE MARXIST SELVES over the next two years.
Americans will finally come to understand that voting Democrat is voting AGAINST America.
Republicans will sweep the 28 election!
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