According to forecasters, the upcoming summer is expected to be hot and bring frequent blackouts as global power grids could be set to face their biggest test in decades.
The nation's power grids have been under duress since the start of the pandemic and amidst several other factors that have shocked the world. However, things are expected to worsen with summer, the peak time of the year for electricity use, right around the corner.
Power usage is expected to surge as homes crank up their air conditioners to beat the heat, which is expected to be scorching all summer. But power cuts could leave many Americans in danger with no electricity to stay cool.
Rich Zeoli, host of the Rich Zeoli Show on WPHT 1210 News Radio, shared just how concerning it is that we might run out of energy, especially with there being no plan to make more of it.
Zeoli questioned whether or not people will start to question the green new deal when they are left to sweat out the heat or freeze in the cold.
He called attention to reports of several Dallas power plants that already began struggling earlier this month with warmer weather arriving.
"You think people will be okay with not having enough power?" Zeoli asked.
But blackouts wouldn't only affect air conditioning; they also could play a part in people's access to clean water, medical devices or medicine, and businesses' ability to stay open.
One of the main issues for these blackouts? Zeoli blames the switch from fossil fuels as the alternative energy sources begin to run dry and struggle to meet quotas.
"As much as people want to pretend like you can actually power the world by all the alternative energy, you can't," Zeoli said. "You need gas. You need oil. You need coal. You just need it. You need these things. That's the bottom line."
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