America's Failing Electrical Grid

As I mentioned, this week, using news articles, I talked about the failing electrical grid in the U.S. This is really noticeable in the more rural areas of the country as the private utility companies focus more on profits than providing stable electrical services to their residential customers.

Shiny new data centres seem to be the new toy that they all want to have a hand in to maximise profits.

I don't pull any punches. I use news articles to point all of this out to anyone who cares to listen. The corporations are not your friends, especially if you live in a sparsely populated rural county. I also add in a few personal stories of my own trials and tribulations with private utility companies through the years.

The bottom line, is that the U.S. is in a lot of trouble right now. All it would take is a couple of very bad extreme weather storms to shut off a large section of the power grid and the government knows it. Yet, they don't want to spend any money to do something about it. The states and utilities will not take this on by themselves so these poor people continue to suffer.

For one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the U.S. has a power grid that is on par with a lot of underdeveloped countries. It's no wonder there are so many angry people in the United States.

Between all of the water and air pollution, the corrupt government, and abject poverty everywhere, Americans are fed up. They want their elected politicians to step up and start taking care of them.

There is a political revolution brewing in the U.S. We will see this more and more as the U.S. gets closer to the next national elections at what they call the mid-terms. As Trump drops lower and lower in popularity, his MAGA politicians are going to find out that they probably won't have a job anymore afterwards.

The people are starting to ask for a reckoning and the demand is growing louder. A reckoning over the Epstein files, the genocide in Gaza, the tariffs that are eventually going to really hurt the American consumers and so many other things.

Then there is the possibility of a change in presidents. Will Trump have to vacate for health reasons? There are rumours swirling.

I go into a lot more detail on my Substack page, if you're interested. The bottom line, is that the United States in is a state of flux. It is changing and not for the good. There are serious issues with poverty and authoritarianism and the people are starting to wake up to that fact. Once you add a recession into the mix, Trump's days as president may be numbered.

And that is what's coming over the horizon. Some of the world's leading economists are predicting that a recession will likely start by the end of 2025, or at the latest, the second quarter of 2026. Some of us are old enough to have been through this before and recessions always change things. Sometimes we get radical presidents and congress people, or sometimes just the opposite. Either way, recessions usually usher in major changes to the country.

I will be talking more about that as time goes on. The more I watch people talk about it, the more convinced I have become.

In this week's podcast, I invite people to go out and take a look around at the electrical infrastructure around where they live. What state of repair is it in? Are the power poles and big towers all looking like they're going to fall apart with age? Do you experience frequent power outages during normal thunder storms?

I know that where I live, the infrastructure that brings electricity to my neighbourhood looks pretty aged. It wouldn't take much to knock it out and create a massive power outage everywhere. The U.S. doesn't have to worry about terrorists taking out the grid. All they have to do is sit back and watch it fall down all on its own. Especially since Trump has stopped all subsidies for green and renewable energy projects.

The United States will fall even further behind than its peers and cost the people even more in the long run. Trump has the potential to bring the U.S. into financial ruin and he doesn't seem to care as long as he is getting a kickback as everything falls apart.

I'm preparing for the worst to come in the next few months. We're starting to stock up on more self-sufficient items, and non-perishable foods. I am already starting to see empty shelves at my local grocer more and more in the last few weeks.

I'm a survivalist by nature. I watch for trends and prepare. I read a lot of survival news letters, everything from political news to survival tips. Right now, I'm preparing and you should be too.