re: Electric bills across the country rising as Biden attacks fossil fuels.

Right before the 2020 election, I argued with my mom that this was going to happen. I told her that two years into a Biden presidency*, we would be paying $5+/gal for gasoline and our utility bills would increase by an average of about $1000/yr.

Of course she shot back with the typical lefty response, "cite your source", to which I responded with links to several respected financial and economic institutions that predicted exactly what we're seeing today.

Ultimately, she basically called me a fringe conspiracy theorist, and overreactionary. I even tried and tried to not talk politics, but she just kept pushing and pushing me until I finally broke down and said my piece. The thing that literally made me laugh was when she said "Trump is corrupt, evil and mean spirited. He's not a nice man. He's not your friend. I don’t necessarily think Biden will be a strong President because he's a pushover, but at least he's nice".

Talked to her a few days ago. Her utility bills are up 15%. Her grocery bills are up 20%. Gas in her town is exactly $6/gal, double what it was 2 years ago. And wouldn't you know it, I tried to bring up politics for the first time ever with her and she said, "No. Drop it. Don't even go there."

TDS is real.

Sorry about my digress. Just had to vent that.