Gen Z: Energy Hogs vs. Environmental Warriors

It's April 29th.

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This is Anchorage News Today, where local news meets AI.

Gen Z is the biggest energy haul generation ever.

We stream non-stop, keep our phones charged around the clock, and live online.

But poll show, we lead every group in opposing offshore oil and gas drilling.

That's the energy literacy gap, hitting hard right now.

Take Alaska, where oil and gas cash has funded huge chunks of the state budget for decades.

There, grind through brutal conditions in one of Earth's toughest spots to keep the

power flowing.

When outsiders push to lock it all away, like some untouched trophy, it hits real wallets

and jobs they never see.

I grew up around those workers, and heading to college out of state, I heard classmates

dismiss it all without a clue.

They treat energy like magic.

No questions on where it comes from.

That blind push shakes bad policy and ignores the human cost.

The writer, a Gen Z Alaskan, eyeing a career as a natural resources attorney, gets it

from both sides.

She backs smart rules and real environmental care, but calls out knee jerk nose that

skip the facts.

Informed choices beat reflexes every time, especially when lights depend on that tough

work.

Alaska's story pushes us all to connect the dots on our power habits.