Power to the people

Did you know that if Wal-Mart was an independent country it would be China's third or fourth largest trading partner? The amount of products that we buy from China, directly or indirectly is staggering. Many of the products you get from China are not only about to become far more expensive, but harder to get. In the coming weeks you will see fewer choices in clothing and consumer goods.  There will be some empty shelves in the electronics and small appliance sections of your favorite stores.

The old hard-line Communist rulers of China cared little for the opinion of the Western world. Today, China realizes their economic fate is tied to the fortunes of the US and Europe. We need them, but they need us to feed their ever growing economy. Modern China is willing to at least pretend to care about the Western World's opinion on human rights and environmental abuses.

China has been blasted by the environmentalists for years. The pollution around the industrial centers is astounding. The EU and especially the Obama Administration has pushed China hard to adopt carbon emission standards. After all, according to green-weenies, the US, China and India are the cause of Global Warming. India is doing nothing to curb emissions.  The US is spending billions on solar and wind power.  We are subsidizing the electric car. The Obama wants us to turn down our thermostat and raise utility rates to force us to use less energy.

China has addressed the global concerns in a different way. The leaders know they can never afford to change over and modernize the power plants.  While China is looking to use more windpower and hydroelectric power, the power demands for a billion people can not be met while going "green".

China will meet their goals of reducing emissions this year.  How?  They are routinely shutting of the power plants a couple days a week.  The Government tell the consumers in advance they will be without power on designated days.  One or two days a week, the manufacturing plants, stores and homes are without electricity. There is no power at all -- zero, zip, nada. If the plant is not producing power it is not producing evil greenhouse gasses. The Democrats want to tax consumption until emissions are reduced.  China just says there will be no consumption.

The people are affected, the manufacturing plants are affected. Fewer days of production means fewer goods produced for export.  The immutable Law of Supply and Demand means higher prices to the end user -- the shoppers of Wal-mart and Kmart! That, my friends is how a socialist state handles such things. I bet Obama, Waxman and Al Gore are creaming their pants dreaming of such power.

You can bet The Obama is sitting there in the White House, listening to Michelle bitch about how much she hates the place. He is wishing like hell he could shut of the power to those coal states. The ones about to wreck his plans for a socialist utopia. The AlGorites would be all for such a plan. To them, I bet it sounds like a good idea to limit the power on certain days.  It is for our own good.  You know we are just scared, and dumb about such things like science and logic.

One thing is for sure, if the Government were to try such tactics, the "ignorant" masses would be at the gates of the White House with torches and pitchforks. Washington DC would have to become an armed encampment. It is going to take of few more years of indoctrinating our kids to get a population of sheep willing to give up their freedom.

I hope.