CountryBoy, you've already said it better than I could ever DREAM of saying it. But let me try to add to what you've said, with this paraphrase: "When every day travel and ownership of cars is made illegal for law-abiding citizens then only criminals will own cars and regularly travel." That part is ALL ABOUT 'control'. As far as 'they' are concerned, we average folks are too free to move about! And, 'they' think we're not paying enough!

Our biggest payoff in the energy game is STILL to be realized through ENERGY CONSERVATION. We STILL are not designing enough homes & buildings to be 'self-cooling' (effective ventilation) or 'self-warming' (effective insulation). And yet from history, there are sustainable models of BOTH that are low-tech and relatively inexpensive. ('They' think we're not spending enough?)

The list of things we COULD be doing (instead of trying to take away the freedoms of ourselves and our neighbors) is extensive. Many millions of us could live in communities completely off grid - but where is their ''control" in that?

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE! GBY & your loved ones! Working/ learning/ sharing/ struggling together, we MAGA!