The Dirty Secret Behind Election-Year Politics

Don’t play their game. 

Earlier this year, we lamented that the most dreaded year in American politics is upon us again. It’s the same on both sides of the aisle. They come around once every four years and turn everyone you know into a raving lunatic of campaign slogans, bolstered by outlandish rhetoric and lured by false promises — we’ll get to those in just a moment.

Make no mistake, dear reader, whenever our politicians are done kissing babies, they’re trying to figure out how to steal the lollipops. 

But such is the game we play, isn’t it?

The problem with this facade, however, is that those lies and deceit trickle down into some serious issues. 

Truth is, we’re seeing it take place in real time right now. 

The Dirty Secret Behind Election-Year Politics

Listen, there is no time you’ll be lied to more than during a presidential election year. 

In a new poll that I just made up now, the single most important issue on the ballot in 2024 is the economy. Fortunately, that aligns with most of the polls out in the field today. 

But what if I told you there was an even more critical issue at play? 

Believe it or not, there is. I would argue that there’s a linchpin holding it all together, and it holds the key to pushing our economy to even greater heights: Energy.

Take a moment and think about that for a moment; don’t worry, I’ll wait over here patiently. While energy policy may be high up on the rankings, it’s rarely at the top. It’s usually overshadowed by the two vitriolic sides relentlessly hammering each other. 

But it’s true that energy is, and has always been the lifeblood of our economy. 

The problem is that when you intertwine the hyperbolic rhetoric from politicians to American energy policy, bad things tend to happen. 

Let me give you an example. 

When President Biden set a target of having more than half of the new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. by 2030 be zero-emission, most people didn’t realize how overly ambitious it truly was. 

Don’t get me wrong, it was a laudable goal. I don’t think you’d find anyone that would disagree with the idea of transitioning toward EVs. 

Soon, policies and regulations were set in motion that would accelerate EV development. The next thing you know, there’s a push for the U.S. military to implement an all-electric fleet — within 7 years!     

Suddenly, we’re off to the races. Every major automaker announces their own bold plans to go all-electric within a time frame that is far too quick. We cataloged quite a number of those EV plans right here on these pages. 

Now it turns out that reality is starting to set in.

One by one, the sycophantic automakers start to fall apart. Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, and even GM suddenly start scaling back their bold plans. This week, Ford became the latest to delay its EV growth after scrapping the rollout of a new electric SUV and taking a $1.9 billion write-down in the process. 

However, it’s more than simply soft demand that is preventing the United States’ transition to an all-electric fleet of vehicles. 

Not only is the charging infrastructure for that kind of EV takeover not ready, but the country’s power grid is nowhere near ready to handle the electrical demand that would be necessary. 

To do so would mean that America would have to generate up to 50% more electricity — and that’s just to accommodate for EV growth. Nevermind the immense amount of power needed for the number of data centers that are being built to power the AI boom. 

You know just as well as I do that for all the hype and positive outlooks, meeting that power demand is nearly impossible while maintaining our push for clean energy. 

Or does it?

Next time, I’ll show you our only path forward.

Here’s a hint: even though you’ll never hear today’s politicians tout this lucrative source of energy, every single one of them quietly supports it. 

Until next time,

Keith Kohl

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