Inflation is only part of the issue, I am a conspiracy crackpot who believes that there are big foundations/banks that working in concert to de-industrialize the United states, as well as impoverish the middle class and dumb down the population through sub standard education and junk food.
The cost of living is going up while wages are remaining stagnant(which points to inflation). The cost of energy is being artificially increased and is creating hardships for the working class. New energy technology is being suppressed, and the green movement is just a ploy to make us all except higher energy cost. As soon as the smart meters went in the prices began to soar. There is no doubt in my mind that since before the days of the Rockefeller monopoly of standard oil there has been an effort by the financiers to control and ration out power through artificial scarcity, speculation, and price fixing. I agree that if energy was made too cheap then it would be squandered. There needs to be some methods of control , but If the proper geothermal power plants were constructed then there would be no need for such rationing.
Access to cheap gas and electric one of the things that made America so great; the fact that the average person could afford to drive virtually anywhere and have access to cheap sources of electricity, gave us great mobility , luxury and personal freedom. The new age of austerity is here to put an end to the age of cheap energy and is demanding that all energy sources be taxed into unaffordability.
