I am starting to feel like I live in either Russia or China where the average individual is at the mercy of elected and non-elected bureaucrats. The idea that our “woke” politicians have decided to stop Newporters from having natural gas for both home and business is plain stupid.

Here is why eliminating natural gas is stupid: The premise is incorrect. Global warming is a total hoax being fed to American people. I have a list of over 10 scientists who have refuted Al Gore’s faux climate crisis. Many noble prize winners. Rhode Island is committing energy suicide by closing fossil fuel plants, forcing electricity suppliers to be 40 percent green, and not allowing a new natural gas terminal in Fall River. The proof is in your utility bills. Our utility bills have doubled and tripled over seven years. Why? Again, green energy is the most expensive on the planet.

Many politicians are making a fortune in the “smokey backrooms” of federal, state, and local cloak rooms making deals with “Big Green” energy companies. Remember many eco-friendly companies pushed by Obama and Biden have gone bankrupt leaving taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars.

Last week I saw an electric truck pulling a trailer with a diesel generator connected to the truck for power. Newporters, is this what our city council wants or a return to the 1850s with horse and carriage? Not a bad idea considering the traffic in Newport.

Dan Meucci
Newport