History Matters and Little Facts

Yesterday, we covered why the government makes it so that people are unable to leave the power grid. This is not the case in all areas, but in some places, it is not an option. Imagine living in New York City or Jersey City and disconnecting. Most areas do not have a way to generate viable power . Here is the primary concern, the National Power Grid is failing, which means that people are going to see continued mass outages and rising taxes from trying to support outdated technology. This article is to show the problem, which needs all of us to find valid solutions. Grid Failure In 2003 , there was an extreme failure of the power grid that affected people from multiple states and a Canadian province. That failure should have caused people to realize there was a problem, especially two nations were working toward a solution. By 2013 , it was proven that this was not the case, though the information and possible solutions were not clear. It is now 2024 and there has been talk, but th...

Congress passed four laws that grew the Department of Energy to unseen levels, but did not pay attention to any manner to adequately monitor where the money goes. This was put into an inspector general report that does not seem to have many people talking. While the report does seem to be about increasing funds to the Office of Inspector General, but this is the oversight arm of any executive department. It would seem that Congress is more concerned with spending tax dollars than understanding if it is a good thing. INVEST in America Act The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or INVEST in America Act , was a law meant to help the nation with infrastructure fixes and get jobs for people. The budget for the bill ended up being between $547 billion and $715 billion, depending on how the money is spent. For the DOE, this meant money being poured into nuclear power, green energy, innovation in several areas, and making sure the supply chain for the energy industry is more secure. CHIPS...

The Biden administration recently participated in the Third Summit for Democracy where they have set goals to help other nations find a way to have a freer society, according to them. One of the more interesting goals, which the administration is spending millions on, is to support free and independent media. It would seem to be a little bit hypocritical that they do this while this nation still arrests journalists, most especially those journalists working to uncover facts on such issues as the January 6 Capital march. Administration Goals The fact sheet that the administration issued had two goals listed for helping the media in other nations. “USAID’s International Fund for Public Interest Media – announced at the second Summit for Democracy – has committed nearly $9 million in 32 grants across 16 countries to independent media outlets in urgent need of support and to strengthen their long-term sustainability. The U.S. Government’s initial seed funding of $20 million has leveraged ...

While President Trump was in office, he was alerted to the fact that China had control of refining almost all the necessary chemicals for modern technology. He acted by issuing an executive order to combat this problem, but the Biden administration has ignored these concerns. This is a way that China is currently waging economic warfare and they are winning. TikTok is barely a concern, nor is the uranium situation. The major need for any nation in the modern world is for rare earths and similar minerals. Needed Minerals Few people are aware of rare earths , but they are in everything from cell phones to needed military systems, which means all of this is currently reliant on China . While China does have the largest minable reserves, it also holds the biggest capabilities for refining the minerals into a useful form. They could cripple entire nations just by their refusing to sell the necessary minerals. On top of this, they are working hard to gain control of access to these minerals...

The United States is still reliant on Russia to get a quarter of its uranium necessities, even though the government talks tough about the Putin government. Throw in the fact that 83 percent of the US mines are owned by foreign countries and this makes the US not having control of a vital industry. At least, though, a US company owns the Uranium One mine from the Russians, which erases the Clinton/Obama deal for Russia to sign the Salt II Treaty. Russia Uranium Looking through the data can get confusing really fast, but the Visual Capitalist breaks down where the US buys uranium in a simple pie chart. The US buys 24 percent of their uranium needs from Russia , while only producing 27 percent of their own needs. What is even more hilarious is that the Biden administration waited until this year to start making it a priority to end this practice. Few people can truly say that we should rely on foreign sources, but we, as a nation, have been needing to provide power via a tyranny for f...