If Hurricane Helene has taught us anything, it’s that the government loves to kneecap Americans’ ability to survive.
When the Category 4 storm made landfall on Sept. 26, it left a “war zone” of devastation in several states. The mountain towns dotting Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee, in particular, have suffered the brunt of the record-breaking natural disaster. Days after the storm, more than 130 people are dead, hundreds more are missing, thousands of families are displaced, and millions are without power or cell service.
Corporate media are already trying to paint the destruction and death that came with Helene as a product of the “climate crisis.” In reality, it is the government that is preventing people from getting the help they need by trying to ban the tools most effective for crisis response.
The caravans making their way across the U.S. to help communities in need aren’t made up of Teslas and other lithium-ion battery-powered cars susceptible to explosion when exposed to saltwater. The fuel-filled airplanes, trucks, and heavy equipment often vilified by green energy-obsessed politicians for generating carbon emissions are the only way the thousands of people stuck in ravaged cities like Asheville, North Carolina can receive rescue supplies, water, and food.
Similarly, freeing the people trapped by fallen trees likely isn’t happening with a battery-powered, carbon-friendly chainsaw, but a gas-powered one that is not easily compromised by floodwater or debris.
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