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As America marks its 250th anniversary, the country should be celebrating one of the greatest political experiments in human history. Instead, nearly one in five Americans say they do not plan to celebrate Independence Day, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. The survey also found that two in five Americans doubt the United States will even endure another 250 years. Those numbers should concern everyone regardless of political affiliation because they point to something far deeper than disagreement over one election or one president.
The Reuters report illustrates just how fractured the country has become. Some residents interviewed said they would not celebrate because they object to the current administration, while others argued that Independence Day should transcend politics altogether. The fact that Americans can no longer agree on celebrating the nation’s founding tells you how deep the divide has become.
This is why the 250th anniversary should not become another partisan event. Whether one supports or opposes the current administration is irrelevant. The institutions created by the Founders have survived civil war, economic depressions, world wars, and political upheaval because they were designed to withstand disagreement. Once citizens stop viewing themselves as part of the same republic and begin seeing political opponents as enemies, the foundations of that constitutional system begin to weaken.
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France is enduring one of its most intense heat waves in decades, with temperatures exceeding 40°C (104°F), schools forced to close, and public officials urging people to stay indoors. Yet what caught my attention was not the weather itself, but the response from the French government. Instead of asking why millions of French citizens remain without air conditioning, politicians are effectively telling people they should simply learn to live with the heat.
France has spent years regulating and discouraging the installation of air conditioning in the name of climate policy. Strict building regulations have favored passive cooling measures over mechanical air conditioning, while environmental policies and energy-efficiency rules have made installation more costly and, in many older buildings, considerably more difficult. Now, as record heat places millions at risk, those same policies have left much of the population without one of the most effective tools for protecting themselves. This is what happens when ideology replaces common sense. Government believed it could regulate the climate by regulating how people cool their homes, and ordinary citizens are paying the price.
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GRID VOLTAGE DOWN:
The U.S. power grid is beginning to fail, just as myself and others have been warning. Con Edison just invoked an emergency VOLTAGE REDUCTION across vast areas of NYC! (See impacted areas listed below.)
This voltage reduction was claimed to be 8% (more than enough to set off uninterruptible power supplies and cause electronics failures) but many customers reported actual voltage reductions of 25%, meaning your typical household voltage of 115 V would be reduced to 86 V, rendering most modern electronics, motors, pumps, lights, etc., largely inoperable.
Con Edison essentially implementing a rolling blackout but called it a “voltage reduction.” Because no institution in America can admit the truth anymore. What truth? That the eastern power grid is on the verge of catastrophic collapse.
According to my AI research agents:
“The voltage reductions and energy conservation requests affected vast swaths of the city, including:
• Northern Manhattan and the Bronx: Areas such as Riverdale, Marble Hill, Kingsbridge, Van Cortlandt Park, Inwood, Hudson Heights, and Washington Heights were among the first affected, with emergency shut-offs also occurring in Riverdale.
• Brooklyn and Queens: Nearly 400,000 customers in these boroughs had their voltage reduced. Specific zones included northern Brooklyn (Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Fort Greene) and northern/southeastern Queens (Auburndale, Jamaica, South Richmond Hill, Howard Beach).
• Westchester County: Approximately 90,000 customers in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Bronxville, New Rochelle, and Mamaroneck were asked to conserve energy.
• Staten Island: Three pockets on the island also saw voltage reductions.
Customers in these areas were urged to limit air conditioning use, avoid energy-intensive appliances like washers and dryers, and delay electric vehicle charging.”
And it’s probably not even the hottest day of the year yet. On top of that, the eastern grid operator PJM just warned yesterday that it has reached peak demand beyond its ability to provide the necessary power buffer, and it may have to start ordering data centers to power down.
This is why I’ve been pursuing solar solutions for decentralized living, and it’s why I’m now advocating off-grid energy storage solutions, now that battery technology has finally advanced enough to offer reliable, long-life LFP batteries that make energy storage more practical and economical.
If you are one of 67 million Americans who depend on the eastern grid that serves 13 states, you should be urgently preparing to live without electricity for an extended period of time. You can start right now with mobile “solar generators” or power stations that can charge everything from electronics to electric vehicles. Then move up to a solar array that feeds your own on-site battery storage system, via an inverter that also converts the battery energy back into alternating current when you need it.
I will be covering all this in more details, including with upcoming how-to videos on solar technology and off-grid EV charging, at BrightVideos.com next week (and beyond).
A good survival water plan has three layers: water storage, collection, and filtration/purification. Preppers should plan for all three.
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