California’s liberal leaders are at it again—sacrificing American families’ basic needs at the altar of Big Tech and their so-called “green revolution.” Now, people near Lake Tahoe are being told to expect rolling blackouts, all thanks to the state bending over backwards for the big boys in Silicon Valley and their endless hunger for power.
Let’s get one thing straight: these massive data centers, which tech giants claim we “need” for progress, are sucking up more energy than anyone living in those communities. The elites running Silicon Valley want round-the-clock electricity to keep their servers whirring, even if it means average families are left in the dark—or worse, without heat in the dead of winter. What do officials recommend? They tell local residents to cut back, conserve, and “do their part.” Of course, the rules somehow never apply to the mega-corporations or the champagne socialists who bank billions from the green energy scam.
The left loves to lecture Americans about “clean energy” and pretend they care about the environment. But let’s be honest: their so-called renewables can’t handle real needs. California’s grid, already stretched thin by reckless policies and the war on reliable fossil fuels, is now being pushed to the breaking point by data centers that just keep multiplying. Politicians keep promising magical batteries and windmills will fix everything, but when the sun goes down or the wind quits blowing, who pays the price? Everyday Californians, that’s who.
This isn’t just incompetence—it’s anti-American arrogance. Our leaders throw hard-working men and women under the bus for globalist tech interests and environmental extremists who don’t care about real people. They fanatically chase green dreams while ignoring the basic fact that modern life runs on energy—reliable, affordable, always-on energy. But in California, keeping your lights on apparently makes you the villain.
Maybe next time Governor Newsom and his band of green zealots want to virtue-signal about “climate action,” they should try living a week without internet, air conditioning, or hot showers. Or better yet, maybe we should stop letting these eco-tyrants turn out the lights on American families—all just to keep the data centers humming for their big-money buddies. Who are our leaders really serving: the people, or the globalist tech cabal calling the shots from their luxurious conference rooms?
Source: Redstate
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