The Revolt of 2050 Part 1

Switching to Sustainable Energy

Part 1 of 2

Time. Everyone has their separate opinion about time. Some view time as a friend. A trusted companion to walk with us through life. While others see time as a predator. Chasing us. Consuming us. However you choose to see time, it is a constant in life.

As I sit here… How did I get here? I’m not this person. What happened in time?

My house, I bought in 2003. It’s hard to remember back that long.

What a struggle; at times, to keep a roof over my head. Food on the table. Had it not been for my best friend, I would have lived off cereal.

We lived through covid, supply chain issues, the threat of World War III, inflation and government mandates. No one likes being forced into anything. Time is needed for change. Change is inevitable. No one likes it poured down their throat. Some of us made it through the changes. A lot didn’t. Too many people thought suicide was the only way out.

I lost my beloved Chico. It broke my heart. After his loss, I couldn’t bring myself to get another dog. So much loss.

For a brief time, the world had a new Space Race. It wasn’t as important as the one during the 1950’s – 60’s. Our new space race was pretty much some folks that could afford it trying to pick up where the government left off.

We didn’t make it to Mars. There’s quite a lot of Earth junk (now) on the red planet. The first manned space flight to Mars was when it all fell apart.

That wasn’t the root cause. A lot was going on. Mars was the proverbial straw that broke the camels back. How could the government justify sending a rocket to Mars when the average person couldn’t by fuel for their vehicles?

Call it growing pains. Call it the death of capitalism. Call it what you will but our landscape has changed during the course of my life and people were pissed.

I’ve always owned a gun. But it lived on my night stand. A pistol. But now, I have a shot gun. Loaded and by my side, always. Praise to God, I haven’t had to shoot anyone. Most people just walk on by.

All trust is gone. Most (what we referred to as) common decency is gone. Having food stored up is gone. We are able to get the basics. Milk is a thing of fiction. At least milk from a cow. We can get pretend milk. Hmm, cow. What I wouldn’t give for a cheeseburger. Cheese. Real cheese. Not that pretend cheese. Cows are now extinct.

It was the little things over time that led to ‘the revolt’. I kinda understand. You can only push people so far before they start to push back. Cost be damned. It makes me sad that people died.

I’m a big fan of solar energy. Praise be to God that the solar panels I had installed on my house still work. The power grid crumbled. So many people didn’t want to give up their conventional electricity. Those of us that chose an alternative had a hard road. Even worse if the general public found out you were selling the power you couldn’t use to an electric company. Too many homes were burnt to the ground. If you happened to be home, asleep, had children, too bad.