There are two ways for a government to raise the price of goods and services for consumers. First, the government can increase spending. Second, the government can tax and regulate energy developers, so that they have to raise prices on gas and electricity. Do you remember when the Biden-Harris regime stopped the construction of pipelines? That made inflation worse.

Here’s the first story from Daily Signal:

High inflation could soon make a comeback across the American economy. That’s because a combination of soaring demand for electricity and artificially constricted supply has laid the foundations for steadily increasing electricity prices.

[…]Electricity bills are rising because of the required adoption of renewable energy mandates, carbon emission-reduction goals, and cap-and-trade schemes, as can be seen in this table, primarily in states with Democratic leadership.

States that have required renewables, particularly wind and solar energy, to be used in electricity production often experience higher electricity costs due to the regulatory burdens placed on traditional energy sources, such as natural gas and coal.

For instance, several states have limited the construction of natural gas infrastructure or restricted access to abundant natural gas resources, exacerbating energy costs for their residents and their neighbors.

At the same time, incentives for clean energy in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act discourage investment in power plants fired by natural gas or coal that provide affordable and reliable baseload power.

People are all too familiar with rising residential electricity bills and their consequences for inflation rates. It’s obvious that all businesses have to pay for electricity, too. What’s not as obvious is that electricity is a crucial input into the production of virtually everything that is produced, bought, and sold.

Basically, everything that you buy – products and services – has to be produced in buildings that use electricity. This even applies to online services and commerce. Further, goods have to be transported by vehicles that use gas. So when you purchase goods and services in a “green” economy, you are going to pay a lot more for them. People think that this is a technological problem, and we will eventually solve it. That’s a faith commitment, and we have no evidence to back that up. But we can look at “green” states like California, Massachussetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut and immediately see that these policies are causing higher prices for consumers.

The article has a very good example of what we can expect under the Harris-Walz regime:

One example of the damage done by higher electricity prices is Germany, where companies are relocating due to higher energy prices caused by the closure of nuclear power plants and the cutoff from Russian natural gas.

In an annual survey of 3,300 German companies, performed annually since 2012, the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry found that 40% of companies were considering relocating or reducing production due to high electricity prices.

According to Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry Deputy Managing Director Achim Dercks, “The trust of the German economy in energy policy is severely damaged. So far, the government has failed to provide companies with a perspective for a reliable and affordable energy supply.”

A doubling of electricity prices could produce a rise in inflation well above 5% and drive jobs offshore. This would fall hardest on America’s poor but would affect everyone.

Remember, Kamala Harris supports the Green New Deal, and Tim Walz signed legislation that would eliminate carbon emissions in Minnesota by 2040. So, if you like what Germany did, then you will be very happy with Harris-Walz energy policies.

Here’s a second article from Daily Caller, talking about restrictions on energy inside your home:

The Biden-Harris administration released data on Oct. 17 suggesting its push to electrify everything will ratchet up costs for American households, contradicting one of the White House’s favorite selling points for its green agenda, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Biden-Harris administration has made a crackdown on residential fossil fuel consumption a key aspect of its environmental strategy, justifying the push in part on the grounds electrification will lower energy costs. Now, Oct. 17 residential energy price data from the Department of Energy (DOE) shows electricity was roughly four times as expensive as natural gas in 2024, with experts telling the DCNF the White House’s electrification push is an example of extremist climate policy hurting everyday Americans.

[…]The Biden-Harris DOE has issued a slew of rules restricting the use of gas appliances, including issuing revised standards on furnaces in September 2023 that could prohibit 40-60% of gas furnaces in homes, and increased efficiency requirements for water heaters that the agency claimed would save U.S. consumers $11.4 billion on their energy and water bills every year.

Naturally, the poorest Americans would be hurt the most by these green energy policies. I hope that Christians and conservatives are doing a good job of communicating ALL the facts to undecided voters. Because there is a lot more to policy than abortion. It’s our job to protect the poor and the weak in every way we can.