Electric Power

Millions the world over are dependent on electric power for daily living. When there is a disruption to the flow of electricity it causes undue hardship and in many cases loss of life. Our dependency on electricity has evolved much since Tesla and Edison. Today though many are being held hostage by electric conglomerates that produce, supply, and control the electric current that supplies the electric power in homes, factories, stores, schools, and many other businesses. They have control over so many factors of our daily lives. And to think it all started back at the turn of the 20th century when JP Morgan and Edison formed the first electric company. From that original company it morphed into the electric conglomerates we have today. All for profit entities. Capitalism at its finest. Pun intended.

The development of newer energy technologies has caused a ripple effect around the world. Solor, Wind, Hydro all have come a long way since the first real energy crisis in the 1970′s. But like the Tucker automobile back in the late 1940′s the energy conglomerates like Big Oil suppressed the viability of that innovative auto and later the alternate energy sources.  Consequently, the public for the most part is again being held hostage whenever a blackout occurs. We have taken it for granted today that electric power will somehow will always be available. We pay our ever-increasing electric bill every month without ever thinking that any disruption will be short lived.  How wrong we are.

In Florida within this past month October 2024 the southeast of the US came under attack by two powerful hurricanes. Catastrophic devastation and great loss of life left an enduring mark of the wrath of nature. The scientific community has been warning governments that due to humanities dependency on fossil fuels has set in motion the atmospheric conditions conducive in producing more powerful tropical storms and hurricanes.  Yet governments especially here in the US have failed to like that Boy Scout motto “Be prepared” in safeguarding the citizens and the infrastructure including our electric grid.

There is a way to prevent electrical outages nationwide regardless of storms an EMP attack or other catastrophes. That is unless we blow ourselves up. Yet all our government seems to be doing is exporting taxpayers’ funds supporting needless wars and other nations internal affairs that have no bearing on the lives and livelihoods of the American citizen The political will to secure Americas safety by implementing the technologies readily available to ensure that our electric power will always be available has never been a major priority. It is time we make sure that we will never be victim of loss of electric power when we do have the resources