"Everyone complains about their energy bills, but few take any action." The text I just linked comes from a news article published in the December 10, 2025, edition of The New York Times. Click the link to access the article (my typical paywall warning applies).
The article I have linked documents efforts in New York's Hudson Valley to take over the private utility company serving that area by exercising the public's right of eminent domain. The idea, says the activists promoting it, is for the public to run the utility themselves.
Not a bad idea! That's my view. However, it is actually the overall attitude of these activists that I want to promote, as opposed to the specific idea of taking over private power companies.
Everyone complains. Few take any action. That's the problem, and don't ever let someone tell you that taking action is "unavailing" or "irrelevant."
We do "run the place," as I am fond of saying - at least the political system we have established justifies our right to make that claim. However, "few take any action" is what is most often the actual case in the "real world" that we mutually inhabit. In essence, I am reiterating the point I was trying to make in my "I Get Tired" blog posting.
Like I said then: "I get tired of people describing what's wrong, and leaving it at that."
It is actually pretty easy to document "what's wrong." To reiterate my earlier comment, the real question is always this one: "What are we going to do about it?"
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https://www.arrowenergy.us/blog/who-is-my-texas-electricity-utility-provider/
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