The Native Iowan

The beginning of a new golden age is upon us…

Or so some folks think. We have Uncle Joe in the US, Boris in the UK, immaculate Macron in France, Truthful Trudeau in Canada, and now Amazing Albo here in Aus.

These men represent the axis of western power and are soon to make life better for one and all by removing the nasty, dirty, wasteful source of all humankind’s modern problems… Its soooo simple….

Ban the use of fossil fuels, rely on the clean and green technologies. Its time, all ready to go, to change the world for the better… yeee haw…

Side step the nasty and mean capitalist industrial machine that has enslaved us to dirty, dug from the earth, energy… lets flip the switch. Make the change. Go team go…

What’s that you say, Huh, What??? The technologies aren’t ready for use? We cant rely on wind and solar and hydrogen and magic wands? Why not? Because we cant supply our modern needs completely, reliably, so the dirty nasty dug from the earth fossil fuels must be held in stand by. Just in case? 

But, cant we just store the extra we need in costly batteries? No, the tech aint here yet? You sure? Well hell! So we have to keep the coal and gas and diesel fired plants on-line, keep them working, but we dont need to use them because our magic wand is in hand and loaded… but not ready yet… gee , makes me feel better. The beginning of a new golden age! Hell yea!

Oh, you say the price of everything we touch needs to rise, we need to readjust, go through some growing pains, suck it up, as the cost of all and everything goes up? 

I dont get it. We have to wait a bit? Oh, you say it’s because our future “energy” costs will represent the duality of the system? The cost of the green n clean plus the cost of the dirty n nasty… ??? Side by side, at the same time. I gotta pay for both? Or go without? Because I want to charge my new electric car on green and clean electricity, my beer and pretzels and ice cream will double and triple in cost… Well, hell! That aint fair.

I want green n clean! I want to charge my modern electric car on modern green n clean. I want the virtue I gain through buying my electric car to radiate around me, to encompass my world, my life, my existence. But I dont want to pay too much. That’s understandable, isn’t it? Give me clean n green but at a fair price.

What? Cant do it? What’s that you say? If we were to replace dirty n nasty with nuke? It might work? The only way? But it’ll take a long time?

What the hell did I buy my virtuous electric car if I aint filling it up with virtuous green n clean electricity…. ??? I am confused!

Oh, I see, its all on its way. The new tech, the new life, the new green n clean is on its way. Great! This new tech will change everything… great! 

What is it?

You dont know? Not yet? Hmmmm…. Maybe hydrogen? Maybe a magic wand we don’t have a name for? Ok, I see, its coming though? You’re sure about that? 

But for now the prices skyrocket? The prices for everything reflect the price of energy. That’s understood, but what about that magic wand? Ok, I see… not ready yet? 

Hmmmm….

Hmmmm…