How College-Educated Liberals Prioritize the Planet Over Your Power Bill

Mikey Sherrill's ridiculous proposal to "freeze energy rates on day one" will crush energy prices. Zeoli talked to energy policy expert Eric Ford, President of the New Jersey Energy Policy Coalition, who contend that such a move is illegal and fundamentally misunderstands the problem. As New Jersey has lost 4,100 megawatts of power generation in the last seven years, the current crisis is a simple matter of supply and demand. Freezing rates at a 20% increase, as PSE&G customers in New Jersey are experiencing, merely cements high costs rather than achieving a necessary reduction by generating more power.

The discussion shifts to what Zeoli sees as a core disconnect in Democratic policy: an obsession with climate change that overrides concern for working-class energy bills. This base of "college-educated white liberals" views high energy costs as a necessary "sacrifice for the planet," making the issue more political than practical. This pursuit of green mandates and the shutdown of reliable energy sources like nuclear power in New York and New Jersey has been catastrophic for the grid's capacity to meet demand, leaving customers with strained wallets as prices reflect the high cost of limited supply.

A new, massive energy drain is compounding the problem: Artificial Intelligence data centers from tech giants like Google, Meta, and Microsoft. These power-hungry centers are "far outpacing electric vehicles" in power demand growth, further stressing an already depleted grid. The climate-focused left is totally hypocritical, and should be asked to "put down Chat GPT for the good of the environment," given the immense carbon footprint of these AI technologies. Ultimately, the solution is not an illegal rate freeze but an urgent focus on increasing energy generation to meet the demand, which has been severely restricted by green mandates.

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