The Bias In the News Favors Monopoly Energy Production Over Energy Efficiency
We’re told to consume, not conserve energy
Just about every week, there is some new headline about fusion power. We’re getting close, ever so close to cheap, clean, unlimited energy with fusion.
On the flip side, there is a new headline every day about Ukraine, Russia, and natural gas pipelines. I can’t throw a stick without hitting a story about how Europe is being squeezed for energy prices.
All of that news promotes and supports the energy monopolies that run our world.
In the beginning, we just wanted someone else to do the work. We had slaves. Then we began to figure out how to get carbon fuels to do the work. Then we discovered electricity and how to light our world. We began to electrify everything. And some of us noticed that electricity doesn’t care about inputs. It only cares about moving electrons.
We’re building robots that won’t run on anything but electricity. Eventually, robots will do the work that humans don’t want to do, or shouldn’t do. And every story about robots is still about energy consumption.
Everywhere I look, the bias in our news is about monopoly energy production. Oil, gas, and coal are monopolies. They come from the ground, a…
