The Hidden Ways Energy Policy Impacts Your Family’s Daily Life

The war between Russia and Ukraine has raised energy prices by 9% in Western countries and 22% in Southern Europe, but many Americans don’t connect energy policy decisions to their monthly bills. Yet energy costs affect nearly everything in your life. Let’s look at four ways energy policy impacts you through the lens of three of the FourG values: God (stewardship), Gas (energy freedom), and Glory (economic strength).

Energy and Household Costs

Biden’s Green New Deal helped double gas prices within two years, illustrating the impact of energy policy on your pocketbook. Higher fuel prices mean higher costs for gas, heating, and growing and transporting food… for starters. In fact, every product businesses transport to consumers is affected directly or indirectly by gas, diesel, or electricity rates. In contrast, when energy is affordable and reliable, families thrive.

Energy and Food Security

Foreign adversaries like China and globalists like Bill Gates have been buying up U.S. farmland because they recognize how ownership of land and energy resources affects food security. Farmers rely on fuel for tractors, irrigation, and fertilizer, and in turn, are dependent on supply chains powered by fossil fuels, such as natural gas and petroleum. Rising supply chain costs get passed on to consumers as higher food prices. One study found that a 41% increase in natural gas prices led to food insecurity among low-income households, rising from 12.4% to 14.7%.

Energy and Jobs

With the oil and natural gas industries employing 9.8 million American workers, or 5.6% of our workforce, domestic energy production creates solid middle-class jobs. Excessive regulatory policies push these jobs overseas, increasing dependence on hostile regimes. For families in energy-producing states like Texas, Wyoming, and Pennsylvania, the real-life impact is lower wages or unemployment when businesses cut back or shut down.

National Security and American Energy Independence

President Eisenhower imposed oil import quotas because he knew from his military experience that energy independence supports a stronger foreign policy, discouraging wars. Japan’s dependence on foreign oil and resources played a pivotal role in its decision to attack Pearl Harbor. Post-war American leadership sought to avoid a similar predicament by prioritizing U.S. energy independence. However, since 1973, America has struggled with dependence on Middle Eastern oil, while Europe and Asia have grown increasingly dependent on Russian oil, dragging us deeper into international conflicts. This weakens America’s bargaining power and puts us at risk, compelling FourG Nation to realize our freedom depends on energy sovereignty.

A Christian View of Resource Stewardship

Christianity teaches that God gave us the Earth’s resources to use wisely (Genesis 1:28), not to worship or waste. Genuine Christian stewardship calls for a prudent balance between resource regulations and human needs, enabling us to care for creation without crippling families or industry. A responsible energy policy should address real-world human needs with wisdom informed by common sense and politically neutral scientific research, not pseudo-scientific climate hysteria serving Marxist or globalist agendas.

What Can You Do?

To promote energy policies that protect your future and your family, responsible members of FourG Nation can stay informed on the issues and support leaders who advocate for American energy production and reasonable regulation. Follow news on energy issues that impact you, and fight for policies that put working families and American strength first.