{"id":1642393,"date":"2022-09-16T08:06:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T12:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1642393"},"modified":"2022-09-16T08:08:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T12:08:07","slug":"the-covid-response-playbook-is-coming-to-an-energy-crisis-near-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-covid-response-playbook-is-coming-to-an-energy-crisis-near-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The Covid-Response Playbook Is Coming To An Energy Crisis Near You"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-covid-response-playbook-is-coming-to-an-energy-crisis-near-you%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1642393&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Much like any other Democrat-initiated disaster, America\u2019s legacy media has largely opted to ignore California\u2019s brush with rolling blackouts last week after a heat wave hit the state and much of the west coast.<\/p>\n<p>Following government officials\u2019 forecasts that the state would experience record levels of energy use during the heat wave, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO),\u00a0which maintains and operates the state\u2019s electrical grid, issued a Flex Alert on Sept. 6, which called for \u201cvoluntary conservation between 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsumers were urged to keep air conditioners at 78 degrees or higher during the period and avoiding using major appliances such as ovens and dishwashers,\u201d a local California news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knzr.com\/california-facing-chance-of-blackouts-flex-alert-issued\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hair gel enthusiast and California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom also issued a series of remarks on the matter, saying in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2022\/09\/06\/as-record-heat-wave-intensifies-governor-newsom-extends-emergency-response-to-increase-energy-supplies-and-reduce-demand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> that Californians \u201cstepped up in a big way during th[e] record heat wave, but with the hottest temperatures [ahead], the risk of outages is real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all have to double down on conserving energy to reduce the unprecedented strain on the grid,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Newsom\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/california-blackouts-reported-despite-newsom-saying-outages-were-avoided-1740469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">later claims<\/a> that the state avoided any \u201cemergency power outages,\u201d several thousand residents in the San Francisco Bay Area cities of Palo Alto and Alameda were left without electricity for roughly an hour.<\/p>\n<p>While barely managing to keep the lights on, the energy crisis unwittingly exposed the state\u2019s overdependence on unreliable \u201cgreen\u201d energy. Much like <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/14\/biden-begs-the-middle-east-nation-he-called-a-pariah-to-give-us-oil-after-he-throttled-u-s-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Joe Biden<\/a>, Newsom and California Democrats have all but declared war on the fossil fuel industry and have pushed the state\u2019s residents to adopt renewable sources of energy.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/06\/california-dems-buy-evs-but-dont-charge-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issuing new regulations<\/a> banning the sale of gasoline-powered cars by 2035, California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/09\/california-blackouts-have-begun-thank-green-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has<\/a> \u201caggressively shut down more reliable nuclear, coal, and natural-gas power plants to boost demand for solar and wind farms,\u201d with such policies \u201ctremendously damag[ing] California\u2019s electrical grid\u201d and \u201cplacing the state at serious risk of unintentional mass blackouts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNewsom pushed for a tidal wave of government regulations heavily favoring wind and solar power. He ignored green energy\u2019s major drawbacks, or tried to paper over them with increased subsidies and schemes to force the purchase of it,\u201d a National Review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/09\/california-blackouts-have-begun-thank-green-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> reads. \u201cUntil recently, he had even gone along with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/california-utility-to-close-diablo-canyon-nuclear-power-reactors-by-2025\/2016\/06\/21\/8fd13b62-37af-11e6-8f7c-d4c723a2becb_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plans to shutter<\/a>\u00a0the state\u2019s last operating nuclear reactor under heavy pressure from environmentalists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince forecasts cannot predict the output of solar and wind plants with high accuracy, grid operators have to keep excess reserves running just in case, as they cannot be easily adjusted due to the unpredictability of weather. This also places extra stress on the grid, leading to brownouts or blackouts,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom has since doubled down on his state\u2019s transition to green energy and has simultaneously attempted to blame the avoidable disaster on Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Republicans] want to double down on stupid and continue to drill and actually do more damage,\u201d Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/09\/14\/newsom-to-cnbc-california-avoided-rolling-blackouts-in-extreme-heat-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cAnd get us more deep in the mess that we created that we\u2019re trying to get out of, which is the hot is getting much hotter, the dry is getting much drier, and the extremes that are self evident, not just here in California, but all over the western United States and around the world, related to climate change.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2>Covid 2.0<\/h2>\n<p>While Democrats\u2019 cult-like fanaticism with destroying fossil fuels and propping up renewable energy sources deserves to be scrutinized, the rhetoric from California Democrats throughout the dilemma deserves a second glance. In a recorded statement published on his Twitter account, Newsom repeatedly called on all Californians to \u201cdo their part\u201d in helping avoid the disaster that he and his party created.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone has to do their part to help step up for just a few more days,\u201d he said. \u201cIndividuals, the state, industries, business, all doing their part to help reduce strain on the grid.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"5XniSth37W2Kc6zMbFExg\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CA is experiencing an unprecedented heatwave. This will be the hottest &#038; longest on record for September.<\/p>\n<p>Our energy grid is being pushed to its max. The risk of outages is real.<\/p>\n<p>We need everyone to double down to save energy after 4pm today.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6QWozS0pyp\">pic.twitter.com\/6QWozS0pyp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1567246527877517312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Similar language was also evoked by California Democrats such as Rep. Eric Swalwell and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, with the former calling on his state to \u201crally\u201d to \u201ckeep the lights on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all need to do our part to help avoid power outages this week,\u201d Swalwell said in a tweet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-11-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-279383\" width=\"480\" height=\"497\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe avoided an energy grid emergency yesterday because Californians did their part to reduce energy usage during the #FlexAlert,\u201d echoed Feinstein. \u201cWith temperatures still very high, let\u2019s do the same thing again today.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sound familiar? It should, because the same \u201cDo your part!\u201d rhetoric coming from California Democrats is the same language used by politicians and health bureaucrats over the covid lockdowns as justification for orchestrating the greatest assault on Americans\u2019 freedoms in modern history. <\/p>\n<p>Whether it was the stay-at-home orders, masking, or the experimental jabs, Americans were repeatedly preached to by the country\u2019s power-hungry elites to \u201cdo our part\u201d in stopping the spread of covid, no matter how much <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/24\/while-everyone-else-panicked-two-years-ago-the-federalist-was-right-about-lockdowns-doing-more-harm-than-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discomfort and damage such policies did to the lives of millions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWear a mask to protect grandma!\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet vaccinated to do your part in stopping the spread!\u201d we were told.<\/p>\n<p>Irrespective of how unscientific or overreaching the policies were, the mantra of \u201cWe\u2019re all in this together!\u201d was used as a weapon by American statists to silence, intimidate, and harass anyone who dared stand in their way of creating their dysfunctional neo-Marxist utopia.<\/p>\n<h2>Same Game Plan, Different Crisis <\/h2>\n<p>The parallels in rhetoric between the pro-lockdown crowd and California Democrats aren\u2019t merely a coincidence, but a direct message to the American public. In the event that rolling blackouts become more common and the country\u2019s energy crisis more widespread \u2014 which seems likely given Biden and Democrats\u2019 ongoing bid to cripple the fossil fuel industry \u2014 America\u2019s ruling class will not hesitate to recycle the same tactics used during the covid outbreak to wage an assault on the citizenry\u2019s remaining civil liberties.<\/p>\n<p>Just as the recommendations to stay at home, wear a mask, and get the vaccine devolved into mandates forcing people to choose between their livelihood and personal health, Americans should not be surprised if the suggestions to cut back on energy use coming from elitists like Newsom morph into government-enforced mandates. Look no further than the European Union, whose member states\u2019 push towards green energy and overdependence on Russian oil has prompted the bureaucratic body to move towards <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2022\/09\/12\/eu-energy-rationing-mandatory-power-demand-cut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adopting a measure<\/a> that would force participating nations to reduce their overall energy consumption. <\/p>\n<p>Such as with any crisis, the opportunity to amass greater command over the populace is too great for statists to ignore. <\/p>\n<p>Americans wishing to avoid a repeat of overbearing government restrictions experienced during the covid years should take note of what happened in California and find ways to ensure that a similar situation doesn\u2019t fall upon their community. Whether that means running for office, regularly engaging in local and state politics, or becoming active in grassroots organizations, the time for sitting on the sidelines while the country descends into chaos is over. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Shawn Fleetwood is a Staff Writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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