The years passed and the problems mounted as more and more alternative power solutions to save the earth failed to supply the energy needs of the nation. To make matters worse, thousands of wind turbines stretching from the Texas-Oklahoma border to well into Nebraska were mangled by a series of tornadoes over a period of two years. The destruction was so bad that engineers predicted it would be close to two years before the turbines were up to full capacity again.  There wasn’t any alternative since the coal and gas fired generating plants had been torn down to meet the demands of the EPA’s new rules.     

Three different administrations spanning twenty-four years had come and gone with no improvements. They made promises to fix the problems and all that occurred was more of the same. Rationing had to be instituted so that food and other items could be conserved. Government run health care couldn’t keep up with the demand. It was even worse when the power to operate the various high voltage diagnostic equipment wasn’t available due to power rationing. PETA had tied up with lawsuits the expansion of the wind generators. They claimed that the blades were killing millions of birds of all kinds. Cities had invoked noise ordinances which had shut down some generator farms until the courts could wade through the issues and make a ruling.

If all of the above weren’t enough, countries were now charging exorbitant prices for the goods that were imported into the United States. The demand was outstripping the ability of foreign suppliers to supply the products. Without imports, the nation would collapse, since due to the power problems not allowing manufacturing on a large enough scale to provide goods. 

The proponents of alternative power blamed Congress for not passing laws that would raise taxes enough to fund more research into all forms of alternative energy.  The truth that those few who were working couldn’t afford anymore taxes was hard to accept. The unlimited credit card called taxpayers had reached its limit. Funding sources had dried up. The great schemes of Al Gore and his group had all but brought the United Sates to its economic knees. When someone inquired about Gore’s whereabouts, the answer was that he was in another high level meeting. That’s true. He generally was at 30,000 feet flying all over the world to keep from having to meet the irate public.

The promise of utopia that alternative energy would usher in was now not looking very utopian. Millions of people were ready to usher it out and shove Gore and his cronies out with it. It is readily understandable that Gore would be engaged in many high level meetings. As the years passed, the conditions worsened. Everyone knew what needed to be done, but the politicians steadfastly refused to relax the rules and laws against natural resource based energy production. 

Then an amazing event took place that seemed innocent enough, but one that would lead to an energy revolution. Molly Dimwiddy graduated from college with a degree in energy engineering. Not only that, but Molly’s grandfather had left her a coal fired power plant. It was one of four that existed which could produce power. She knew she couldn’t tackle any project by herself so she simply got herself elected governor of her state. She immediately began to challenge the federal government and insisted that they prove that they could control power production. Since the limits on government didn’t give Congress the power to dictate the type power a state could use, she threw the Ninth and Tenth Amendments at them. When courts ruled against her, she ignored the federal judges and brought impeachment charges against them.

To say that chaos was the order of the day would be an understatement.  Molly forged ahead and eventually she had an army of people marching with her. She was elected President after two terms as governor of her state. Congress was cleaned out and judges were removed from the court rooms. At the end of eight years in office, oil production was making the OPEC nations scream unfair. Power plants, both nuclear and coal fired were coming on line. Wind generation was being phased out, as were a large number of solar panel farms. The United States was roaring back and nothing could stop the people from returning the nation to greatness as they looked to God for their strength and guidance.

Molly’s father was much older and one day he asked her, “Molly why didn’t we see the light years ago? What you and many millions like you have done is absolutely amazing.”  

“Daddy the fog of global warming blinded so many and there just wasn’t enough power to make the light shine. But it was that lack of power that finally turned on the lights so that people could see the trouble that all the foolishness was causing.”

“What happened to Al Gore?” Marvin asked.

“He’s still having meetings but not at the high level as before.”

What do you mean?”

“The last time I heard about him, he was in a lower level meeting at 2000 feet in a two seat Piper Cub looking for a safe place to land.”

  © 07-03-2008 DEC