Obama’s Legacy Is Cold

For 8 years, Obama persecuted the fossil fuel industry, deliberately driving up prices in the name of global warming. Now we read this:

Plunging temperatures across half the country on Thursday underscored a stark reality for low-income Americans who rely on heating aid: Their dollars aren’t going to go as far this winter because of rising energy costs. …

This winter, energy costs were projected to grow by 12 percent for natural gas, 17 percent for home heating oil, 18 percent for propane and 8 percent for electricity, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Traditionally, most electricity in this country has been generated by cheap and abundant coal. Although coal is still abundant, the electricity it generates is no longer as cheap, in part due to Obama’s openly acknowledged War on Coal.

Energy prices may even be higher than those projections. According to [Mark Wolfe, executive director of the National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association], colder weather could lead to even higher levels of consumption, and resulting prices could push the cost of winter heating up to $1,800 this winter for those using heating oil, 45 percent more than last year’s level.

Despite the rapidly rising carbon levels that according to liberal dogma make it be hot out, it is so cold that a video from New Hampshire shows a guy pouring out boiling water that turns to snow before it hits the ground:

The video makes an apt metaphor for the effect of human activity on the climate, which we are unfortunately unable to make warmer. But Big Government can certainly make it colder — at least in our homes — by driving up the price of fossil fuels.

Here’s another relevant video, in which Obama announces his intention to make energy prices “skyrocket”:

Finally, Obama is out of power, but plenty of other leftists are waiting in the wings who would have us shivering in the dark.

On tips from Bodhisattva.