Sarah, you're right to hammer the point that these prices are policy, not weather. But there's a second layer worth adding: this administration isn't just driving costs up—it's dismantling the escape routes. The EV tax credit is gone. Wind and solar credits are being phased out under the "big beautiful" bill. Offshore wind projects have been halted mid-construction. Every one of these was a way for families to get off the price rollercoaster—drive past the gas station, generate cheaper power—and each one has been deliberately closed off.
The cruel irony is that solar and wind are now the cheapest new electricity almost everywhere on earth, and the demand surge from AI data centers means we need every electron we can get. Choking off the fastest, cheapest new supply during a heat wave isn't an energy policy. It's a price-hike policy with a flag on it. So yes—Sticker Shock Summer is the right name. Americans should just know the shock was engineered twice over: once at the pump and the meter, and again in the fine print that took away the alternatives.
Love the billboards, but I think more pointed, rotating, factoid messages might get more traction and improve awareness. Big numbers that might stick in their brain and ping if they see it referred to elsewhere, even if they don't look up the website.
- Iran war cost in lives, bases, replacement weapon costs, and new congressional asks - begun and ended with 'full capitulation' and pinky promise to discuss later (but mostly one giant number people can't ignore)
- Crypto: amount he made; amount he cost his followers
- Illegal insider trader stock trades number and profit
- Amount he stole from national parks services for his vanity celebrations - he got rid of timed entries and told rangers to clean toilets - happy camping
- Topline number for tax cuts for rich and estimated increase to debt - and amount he ripped out of education, medicare, and the V.A. to fund it
- Amount he's made on corrupt pardons ("donations" or meme coin purchases followed by almost immediate pardons for felony convictions) and the topline amount it's costing Americans in lost repaid taxes and reparations for people who were conned.
Too many Americans are fiscally ignorant and don't understand what is coming from taxpayer money - or that taxpayer money is *their* money
Thank you for continuing to connect the dots, particularly given the firehose of disinformation.
Sarah, you're right to hammer the point that these prices are policy, not weather. But there's a second layer worth adding: this administration isn't just driving costs up—it's dismantling the escape routes. The EV tax credit is gone. Wind and solar credits are being phased out under the "big beautiful" bill. Offshore wind projects have been halted mid-construction. Every one of these was a way for families to get off the price rollercoaster—drive past the gas station, generate cheaper power—and each one has been deliberately closed off.
The cruel irony is that solar and wind are now the cheapest new electricity almost everywhere on earth, and the demand surge from AI data centers means we need every electron we can get. Choking off the fastest, cheapest new supply during a heat wave isn't an energy policy. It's a price-hike policy with a flag on it. So yes—Sticker Shock Summer is the right name. Americans should just know the shock was engineered twice over: once at the pump and the meter, and again in the fine print that took away the alternatives.
Love the billboards, but I think more pointed, rotating, factoid messages might get more traction and improve awareness. Big numbers that might stick in their brain and ping if they see it referred to elsewhere, even if they don't look up the website.
- Iran war cost in lives, bases, replacement weapon costs, and new congressional asks - begun and ended with 'full capitulation' and pinky promise to discuss later (but mostly one giant number people can't ignore)
- Crypto: amount he made; amount he cost his followers
- Illegal insider trader stock trades number and profit
- Amount he stole from national parks services for his vanity celebrations - he got rid of timed entries and told rangers to clean toilets - happy camping
- Topline number for tax cuts for rich and estimated increase to debt - and amount he ripped out of education, medicare, and the V.A. to fund it
- Amount he's made on corrupt pardons ("donations" or meme coin purchases followed by almost immediate pardons for felony convictions) and the topline amount it's costing Americans in lost repaid taxes and reparations for people who were conned.
Too many Americans are fiscally ignorant and don't understand what is coming from taxpayer money - or that taxpayer money is *their* money
This what we need—actual action on the ground that engages people where they physically are. Thank you!