First it’s coerce, then it’s mandate.
Some people have no idea what living in the country is like. They never get out of their little enclaves in the city.
They want to force you into the cities, to “hive up”, because that lifestyle is more “sustainable”.
Not to be pie-in-the-sky about this, but imagine having a plugin hybrid flex-fuel 4x4 in your garage, a solar panel below a small wind turbine on your barn roof.
A couple hundred gallons of bio-ethanol out back.
And being completely, utterly shielded from any gas or transportation cutoffs. In nice weather, your 4x4 could charge and run directly off solar - for free. In the winter - wind (and solar). If there’s a really cold stretch with no wind, run directly off gasoline for the cold-weather oomph.
If Iran and Israel drive the price of gas to $10, run ethanol.
None of that tech is more than 2 years from market.
There’s nothing liberal, about being self-sufficient or technically proficient.