Hacker News Reader

Comment by kelseyfrog | Hacker News Reader

The best time for US energy independence was 50 years ago. The second best time is now (without our choice). Energy, transportation, and food costs will rise. Historically, rising food prices spark regime change. Be on the lookout for new governments.

View on HN

The US has been energy independent for many years, now. But the bars on exporting oil and natural gas that were put in place in prior eras were lifted, so American consumers are now exposed to global pricing similar to when we were import dependent.

Are you truly energy independent if you are exporting and the corporations that profit from exporting control your government?

Plenty of famines in history where food was still being exported because the people suffering and the people profiting from exports weren't the same people.

This led to the famous observation that democracy prevents famines. So I guess the question is to what degree the US is a democracy.

I miss Jimmy Carter.

Best we can get you is paying companies billions of dollars to stop building out wind farms.

Never forget how they damaged that Scottish golf course. Completely unforgivable.

> Historically, rising food prices spark regime change.

More far-right around the world (who will make things worse).

Rising food prices generally doesn’t lead to right swings, which we’ve been on for a while. It’s usually the left who has a better game in crunch times. But it doesn’t matter, almost never do opportunists do what they claim- right, left people will suffer.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com