I am dubious that there is some kind of global conspiracy to somehow make gas illegal.
That is understandable.
Think of these sort of people as if they were naive children trying to save the planet from a perceived eminent threat - not maniacal villains attempting to take over the world.
Social scientists, climate scientists, politicians, non-governmental organizations, political activists and corporations make up the thinkers and doers moving this ideology forward.
A set of goals is set: 50% reduction in carbon by date X, 100% carbon neutrality by 2050. They plan everything non stop and in great detail. The thing is, if you try to read much of it, you never get the full picture. They will go into detail about how smart appliances will reduce the load on the grid.
They don't tell you that smart appliances will control if/when they operate and for how long, or that if you are found to be using far too much electricity, they can reduce the amount available to you through your smart meter.
This is a run away train of conservation extremism. The two best descriptive terms I have heard to provide an accurate description can be summed up as; “people who conceive of the planet as a machine amendable to control engineering.” doing so by way of "authoritarian modernization".
They don't care if the economy fails, they have a plan to rebuild a new one and retrain everyone for new green worker jobs (I am not exaggerating one bit). The only thing is - who gets trained for what job is dependent upon your historical victimhood status. Not your qualifications or your abilities. Those who are seen as the oppressed will be lifted above those who are seen as the oppressor - this is what equity means.
The world is being rebuilt in a new image, I mean entirely. You and I do not get to keep our business. It literally won't be possible because we will not be provided the energy needed to run machines.
The new model of global governance that comes with this plan is not what you would think either. Controls will be through "influence and incentivize" methods over legislation whenever possible. They make the easy way very accessible and the hard way very expensive.
Things deemed to be bad for the collective goal such as fossil fuels will not be sold at standard market value...that would not be "equitable". Fuel, plastics, pollutants and virgin materials will be assessed for their impact and additional charges added to make up it's "true value".
Most people who don't already know what I'm talking about find it extremely difficult to even comprehend. Its so large and vast that I find it extremely difficult to explain.
The very large number of people working to initiate this stuff legitimately think they can
reengineer human civilization by force and make it happen in less than 30 years. They are passionate, excited and extremely motivated. They call it "taking bold action". Humans have never taken such vast and incredibly risky actions in all of history.
The whole thing is moving much faster than technology can even account for so when a government decides to ban construction of coal fired power plants and then warns of black outs, you should know that it has only just begun. Remember Texas and the frozen wind turbines? These things will happen and the planners know it, they don't care though because without immediate action, the world will become uninhabitable.
^^please take a moment and quickly browse this^^
The end goal is a perfect utopia where whoever is left will "have to make sacrifices" in order to live 100% sustainable lifestyles - no matter the cost. What is sustainable? No one knows, there is no defined limit. Consider it, the minimum necessary resource allowance to keep people from revolting. Life might be a little better than that but not by much.
This ends in one of three ways:
1.) The entire thing goes as planned and the lifestyle of all people is perfectly engineered to coincide with nature as determined by authoritarian climate scientists.
2.) Any one part of the plan fails, millions of people die and they try again.
3.) Individual regions (ex-nations) have varied levels of success while others end up in all out warfare once the people begin to see what is happening.
A good number of people on this forum have shown extreme displeasure at the software change here. If they had any idea what is coming and the impact it will have on their lives... Well, arguing red vs blue political crap would disappear entirely.
Keep an eye on New York. They have a very aggressive approach and a committee has already begun writing up a plan. They have life all figured out for the citizens of New York.
climate.ny.gov
Here is an excellent article from a climate supporter about the challenges of democracy and climate scientists.
Researchers who flirt with the idea that more authoritarian governance would help us address global warming are badly mistaken. What’s really needed is more democracy. The threats to democracy in the modern era are many. Not least is the risk posed by the widespread feeling among different...
issues.org