Mike Ruppert on the end of the grid

Back in 2005 Mike Ruppert had some interesting things to say about Peak Oil and the decline of infrastructure and the electric grid.

We are witnessing this come to fruition with the events in New York and New Jersey.

No doubt there will be some interesting commentary on Sunday's LifeboatHour.

THE END of the GRID

• New, Deadly Links between 9/11 and Peak Oil
• Enron was Child’s Play
• Gobbled Utility Companies Will Spur Rapid Decline in Generation, Transmission Capacity

by Michael C. Ruppert, 2005

“The grid will not disappear suddenly, as if someone had thrown a switch. It will behave exactly the way energy supplies behave. Just as the world will never fully run out of oil or gas, it will have to make do with less and less. It will be a protracted death, full of agonies, full of fits and starts, and it will happen sporadically, with the weakest regions being the first to suffer. The onset of this terminal illness is becoming apparent this winter.

“No more do utilities have as a primary mandate the protection of the poor and weak. No more will they prioritize the equal distribution of access to reasonably priced services. Instead, as Peak Oil and Gas worsen, they must focus their attention on providing energy only to corporations that make and sell things, or to those rich enough to pay prices that increase faster than necessary. Their cash will be used to purchase ever-larger chunks of market share as energy prices exceed the reach of the public. Employees be damned. Families be damned.

“What we are watching is the start of a bidding war over diminishing energy resources. But the bidding will only make matters worse. It will accelerate the inevitable collapse, make it harder, and wreak needless harm on millions of people.....”

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