From the Back Porch

The Valley is cool this morning but will reach up into the 60s...  and into the 70s as the week unfolds...  

It is nice to know that Spring is arriving in the Valley...  it is nice to see the green grass, the blooming of flowers, and eventually the blooming of trees...

HOWEVER, with this blooming of spring comes the inevitable mowing of grass...  and, with that comes the fact that we will be paying over $4/gallon of gasoline for our mowers.  I usually fill up 3 gas cans at one time or 7 gallons.  I was paying $14 for each fill-up and this summer I will be paying close to $30 for each fill-up.

Why is that happening here?

• Some say it is Trump's fault...
• Some say it is the war in Ukraine...
• Some say it is due to COVID-19...
• Some say it is because of Putin...
• Some say it is the gas companies...

BUT, I say it is all BULLSHIT...

When President Biden took office the first Executive Orders that he signed were to stop the USA from being energy independent to becoming energy-dependent and instead of producing our own energy, we started buying it from other countries.

The DEMOCRATS want to do away with fossil fuels once and for all and GO GREEN and save the planet...  but, saving the planet ain't gonna to work unless all the countries in the world GO GREEN and that ain't gonna happen anytime soon.

Are all DEMOCRATS really that unaware that the USA cannot save the world by itself?

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY - if we do away with fossil fuels, how are we going to fly our airplanes to Europe and go on vacation and spend our money?

What about our cruise ship?

Can they be powered by solar, wind, hydro, or electricity?

What about NUCLEAR ENERGY...  NUCLEAR FUSION?

Motels will have to have electric charging stations at each of their parking slots...  and guess what...  that will increase the price of our vacations.

What about grocery stores?  

Will they install charging stations at all their parking slots?

Or, shopping malls?

Maybe we should just do away with private transportation and create a massive public transportation system network and then we can carry our shopping bags on the bus with everyone else as we make our way back home...

That makes me feel that our society is going backward instead of forward...

For my wife and I, we would stop going on vacation and just travel locally so that we could always recharge our vehicle at home...

How many Americans would be like us?

How would this change our country?  our economy?  our future?

What makes me feel better about this is the fact that 50% of Americans are AGAINST IT...  This means that HALF OUR COUNTRY IS NOT IN FAVOR of what the Democrats want to do...  

HOW DOES THIS DIVIDE HELP the US???  our children???  our future???