I’m Jaxon Forge, founder of MoneyForged.com, and I’ve spent my life forging wealth the old-fashioned way—through discipline, systems, and an iron refusal to chase shiny distractions. But nothing grinds my gears like the climate change scam. It’s not about saving the planet. It’s a wealth-transfer machine that enriches the loudest screechers while the rest of us pay through higher energy bills, unreliable grids, and crushed cash flow. I’ve lived it in my businesses. I’ve watched my energy costs spike not because of real engineering problems, but because of government-mandated virtue signaling that ignores basic physics. Today I’m pulling back the curtain—no fluff, no green guru nonsense—just raw numbers, real-world failures, and the self-made man’s code for cutting through the noise.

Let’s start with the core lie: wind power is “clean and reliable.” Bullshit. Wind turbines produce power when the wind blows. But they lack the one thing that keeps modern grids humming—spinning rotational inertia. Traditional hydroelectric plants, coal, gas, and nuclear use massive spinning flywheels and synchronous generators. When demand spikes or a plant trips offline, that physical momentum keeps frequency stable for seconds or minutes, giving the system time to respond. Wind? It’s inverter-based. No heavy spinning mass. Frequency crashes faster. Blackouts loom. Grid operators have to pay extra for synthetic inertia or keep fossil backups spinning just in case. That’s not progress—that’s a taxpayer-funded grift dressed up as salvation.

The Physics Doesn’t Lie: Why Wind Power Is Lackluster Without Flywheels Like Hydro

I remember scaling my first serious operation in the early 2010s. Energy was already 18% of my monthly burn. Then came the green mandates. Suddenly utilities pushed “renewable portfolio standards” and subsidies kicked in. My rates jumped 27% in two years while reliability dipped. I dug in. What I found was physics 101 ignored for political theater.

Hydroelectric dams have turbines weighing hundreds of tons spinning at constant speed. That kinetic energy is stored inertia—real, mechanical backup. When a cloud covers solar panels or wind dies, the grid doesn’t instantly black out. Hydro (and coal/gas) provide that buffer. Wind farms? Modern turbines spin the blades, but the electricity is converted through power electronics. Zero physical inertia transferred to the grid. Studies on low-inertia systems show frequency drops can hit 1 Hz per second or worse—enough to trip relays and cascade failures. Grid operators in places like Ireland, Australia, and parts of the U.S. now require “synchronous condensers” or battery flywheel hybrids just to keep the lights on. That’s extra capital expenditure passed straight to you and me.

Real-world proof? Look at Germany’s Energiewende disaster. They poured over $500 billion into wind and solar. Result? The highest electricity prices in Europe—often double U.S. averages. On calm “Dunkelflaute” days (no wind, no sun), they fire up coal plants they swore to close. Industrial giants like BASF and Thyssenkrupp have shuttered or moved production because power costs made them uncompetitive. Wind output swings wildly—sometimes 2% of capacity, sometimes 59%. No inertia means they curtail wind when it’s too strong and import dirty power when it’s too weak. Free markets would have killed this experiment years ago. Instead, subsidies kept the grift alive.

Closer to home: Texas 2021 winter storm showed what happens when you bet too heavy on intermittent sources without proper backups. While media blamed frozen turbines (a fraction of the problem), the deeper issue was the grid’s growing reliance on inverter-based resources with low inertia. ERCOT had to shed 20 GW of load to prevent total collapse. Natural gas and coal provided the real stability, but the push for “green” had already strained the system. Hydro? Rock-solid inertia kept similar regions from the same fate.

The Real Scam: Subsidies Enrich the Loudest While Cash Flow Gets Crushed

Here’s where the psychology of money hits hard. Most people buy the fear narrative because it feels virtuous—comfort masquerading as balance. “I’m saving the planet by supporting green energy.” Meanwhile, their utility bills eat into the cash flow that should compound into real wealth. I paid the discipline tax early: when my business energy costs spiked, I didn’t virtue-signal. I audited every kWh, installed efficient systems, and negotiated fixed-rate contracts. Cash flow beats net worth every single time, and unreliable wind power destroys both.

Who gets rich? The screechers. Wind and solar have received 48–168 times more subsidies per unit of electricity than oil and gas over the last decade. Billion-dollar funds, politically connected developers, and NGOs rake in tax credits, production tax credits, and investment tax credits. Meanwhile, you and I pay the hidden tariff through higher rates and blackouts. The loudest climate activists fly private jets to conferences while preaching sacrifice. Their portfolios are stuffed with green tech stocks propped up by your tax dollars.

I stopped chasing hot markets and started chasing cash-flow systems years ago. Green energy is the opposite: exciting on paper, boring (and expensive) in reality. Boring beats exciting every time. Reliable baseload power—hydro with its spinning flywheels, nuclear, even modern gas with proper winterization—delivers steady cash flow. Wind? It’s a subsidy junkie. Remove the mandates and tax credits, and most projects die overnight. Free markets would sort this in months.

Championing Capitalism, Free Markets, and Tariffs: The Self-Made Path

Capitalism doesn’t hate clean energy—it hates cronyism. Let the market decide. If wind were truly superior, it wouldn’t need $9 trillion in global subsidies to compete. Tariffs? Damn right I support them. Chinese solar panels and wind components are dumped below cost to kill U.S. manufacturing. Slap tariffs on that junk, protect American steel and engineering, and watch domestic innovation flourish without distorting the grid. I rebuilt my supply chain around American-made gear after one too many cheap imports failed under load. Discipline tax paid early saved me six figures.

Here’s your practical framework—the Energy Independence Audit I run quarterly on every venture:

1. Measure true cash-flow impact: Track kWh cost + reliability downtime. Factor in backup generator fuel during “Dunkelflaute” events.
2. Pay the discipline tax: Invest in efficiency and on-site generation (micro-hydro if possible, or natural gas with inertia-friendly setups) before any green virtue upgrade.
3. Rewire for hard work: Stop outsourcing your energy psychology to government. Own your costs like you own your 3 AM Rule mornings.
4. Stress-test for inertia: Ask your utility: What’s the spinning reserve percentage? Low inertia = higher blackout risk = lost revenue.
5. Build systems over motivation: Lock in long-term fixed-rate power purchase agreements with reliable sources, not wind lottery tickets.

I’ve used this audit to cut my operational energy exposure 34% while growing revenue 400%. Comfort as the silent killer? Believing the scam lets you feel good while your wealth erodes. I rewired my brain to crave hard data over headlines. You can too.

The 3 AM Rule applies here: while alarmists sleep in, I’m up reviewing my energy P&L and spotting the next grift. Systems over motivation. Cash flow over virtue signaling. Free markets over mandates.

Bottom line: the climate change scam survives because it flatters the comfortable and funds the connected. Real wealth forging demands facing the physics, paying the discipline tax, and demanding tariffs that protect American industry. Stop funding the screechers. Start forging power you can count on.

If you’re still buying the narrative because it feels good, ask yourself: is comfort worth the silent erosion of your freedom? I chose the hard path years ago. My bank account—and my edge—prove it was worth every early morning and every disciplined dollar.

Pro-capitalism. Pro-tariffs. Pro-discipline. Pro-freedom.