The Electric Agenda- Who's Benefiting and What’s the Cost to Barbados?

 

Let’s wake up! This “Green Electric Push” isn't as green as it looks.

Have you ever stopped and asked why the world is being shoved, not guided, but aggressively shoved into electric everything, especially electric vehicles (EVs) and more importantly, have you asked, Who’s gaining from it?

Because someone is gaining, and it damn sure isn’t you, the average citizen, the small business owner, the Bajan taxpayer. 

Let’s expose what’s being swept under the carpet in the name of “sustainability.”

🧠 WHO’S BEHIND THIS FAST ELECTRIC PUSH?

This isn’t a grassroots movement that started with the people, this is a top-down directive, engineered, funded, and enforced by foreign elites, global organizations, international tech conglomerates, and environmental lobbying groups that are all collecting massive profits behind closed doors.

Let’s call it what it is, The Electric Vehicle Agenda is a trillion-dollar industry built on commissions, contracts, and backdoor incentives.

Governments and global stakeholders aren’t just pushing this for the environment, they’re making it for business.

Who’s winning?

• Chinese battery manufacturers (who dominate global lithium-ion battery production).
• US tech companies that monopolize EV infrastructure, software, and updates.
• Global financial institutions are banking on carbon credits and ESG scoring systems.
• International “climate” organizations are backed by billionaires who hold major shares in EV and renewable energy firms.

And yes, local politicians and representatives are being given incentives to promote these policies. 

Whether it's through contracts, foreign investment promises, or direct commissions, they’re being rewarded for your compliance.

🇧🇧 CAN BARBADOS HANDLE THIS ELECTRIC TRANSITION?

Let’s stop pretending. No, Barbados’ current electric grid cannot sustainably handle a full transition to EVs.

We can barely handle high electricity bills during peak season. 

Now imagine thousands of EVs plugged in overnight, every night, drawing power from an already overstretched grid.

And don’t let them fool you, once that demand surges, so will the electricity costs for householders, Higher demand = higher generation costs = higher light bills, It’s that simple.

🔌 ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE NOT “ISLAND-FRIENDLY”

Barbados is a small island with limited space, limited infrastructure, and no domestic production of lithium, cobalt, or rare earth minerals. That means:

• Every EV part is imported.
• Every EV battery is imported.
• Every charging station is imported.

There is no self-reliance in this model, we become even more dependent on foreign suppliers, and when those suppliers raise prices or disrupt supply? The people will suffer from the price hikes. 

⚠️ THE DARK SIDE OF EVs IN BARBADOS

Let’s talk about the harsh truths they don’t want to promote:

• 🔋 Battery Replacement Costs: EV batteries can cost $10,000 to $20,000 to replace. On an island where most households are just getting by, this is not affordable, it’s crippling.
• 🔌 Increased Electricity Demand: Barbados Light & Power will face increased strain, and they will not absorb that cost, they’ll pass it on to you. Your bill could skyrocket to keep someone else’s EV charged.
• 🌪️ No Resilience in Outages: What happens during blackouts or after hurricanes? Gas vehicles still function. EVs? Dead in the driveway.
• 🧯 Fire Risk & Disposal: Lithium batteries carry a fire risk, and this island does not have proper systems for recycling or safely disposing of EV batteries.
• 🏝️ Strain on Local Infrastructure: Our roads aren’t built for constant high-load vehicles or charging infrastructure. The environmental cost of construction and maintenance will also be passed on to taxpayers.

🤔 SO WHO IS THIS HELPING?

It’s not about the environment as much as they claim. If it was, why are the skies still being sprayed? Why aren’t we building local food systems and energy sovereignty first?

The truth? This push to go electric is about shifting wealth and control. 

The elite profit from manufacturing, servicing, and controlling the tech and power systems. 

The politicians get their share of the pie, and the people are left with higher costs, fewer choices, and more dependency.

There are charging ports that are free now, but how long will it be before the government etc, changes that for them to become payable?

🚫 ENOUGH WITH THE BLIND COMPLIANCE

We must ask:

• Is Barbados being forced to comply because of foreign loans, climate targets, or economic blackmail?
• Are our leaders signing deals without public knowledge, tied to UN climate goals or IMF “green funding” with strings attached?
• Is anyone standing up to ask what the long-term impact will be on our sovereignty, economy, and people?

🔊 TIME TO WAKE UP, BARBADOS

This electric push is not about progress, it’s about profit and control.

Ask questions, Demand answers, Follow the money.

And most importantly, don’t let foreign interests sell you a future that doesn’t include your well-being.

Because a truly sustainable future empowers the people, not enslaves them to a system they don’t control.