The Blackout Blueprint: A Glimpse Into the Net-Zero Prison State
By Peter J. Merrick, TEP® and Adrian C. Spitters, CFP®, co-authors of the international bestseller It Starts With Gold™ and the forthcoming book Guns, Gold & Land™
This analysis continues a series of long-form investigations published in The Merrick Spitters Reset Report™
Spain And Portugal’s Blackout Revealed The Terrifying Path Governments Are Building Toward Total Energy And Financial Control
Earlier this month, millions of citizens in Spain and Portugal were frozen in panic as the lights went out. Trains halted mid-journey. Supermarkets closed their doors. Hospitals fell to emergency generators. Citizens were unable to access their bank accounts or withdraw cash to buy food and fuel. This was not an accident. It was a glimpse into a future where energy and money become weapons of control.
The urgent warnings of this global transformation are detailed in our #1 international best-selling book, It Starts With Gold™, co-authored by Peter J. Merrick and Adrian C. Spitters. In the book, we reveal how financial systems are collapsing and how individuals can prepare before it is too late. Visit www.ItStartsWithGold.com.
The First Real Test of the Net Zero Playbook
The energy collapse that paralysed Spain and Portugal was triggered by the policy decisions of their governments to aggressively eliminate stable and reliable energy sources. Nuclear power plants were shut down. Natural gas generation was minimised. Hydroelectric plants could not operate at full capacity due to drought restrictions. What remained was an over-dependence on solar and wind generation, which proved unable to handle demand.
Spain had loudly declared its intent to be the first country to achieve net zero. What followed was a catastrophic demonstration of what happens when political ideology replaces engineering logic. The grid collapsed. Communications systems, banking networks, water distribution, and public transportation fell silent. Families could not contact one another. Individuals were trapped without transportation or means of purchasing necessities.
As we reveal in It Starts With Gold™, this engineered vulnerability is no accident. It is the opening phase of a deliberate shift towards total population control.
The Manufactured Collapse of Energy Independence
The scale of this blackout left no doubt about how fragile these manipulated energy systems are. Traditional grid operators had been sounding the alarm for months. They were ignored. The grid became dominated by unstable renewables that could not provide the inertia and base load necessary to withstand fluctuations. Once the grid failed, the technical capability to restart it, known as black start capability, was lost.
This manufactured energy starvation is exactly what we have warned of. The globalist blueprint is clear: collapse the system, then offer the solution. The goal is not environmental sustainability. It is mass dependency and loss of autonomy.
The War on Cash: The Next Step of Enslavement
The blackout exposed a chilling reality that few had considered. When the grid fails, access to digital money disappears. Electronic payments and ATMs became useless. The ability to purchase food, water, and fuel was stripped from the population in an instant.
Days later, Spain moved swiftly to eliminate what little monetary freedom remained. New laws were passed restricting cash withdrawals. Any attempt to withdraw more than €3,000 requires a 24-hour advance declaration to tax authorities. Withdrawals over €100,000 must be pre-approved with 72 hours’ notice. The penalty for non-compliance is a fine of up to €150,000.
This was not about crime prevention. It was about total control. As we outline in It Starts With Gold™, the war on cash is about eliminating privacy. The global plan is to remove the last independent medium of exchange so that every transaction can be monitored, blocked, or taxed. The blackout was the perfect live experiment to justify these new restrictions.
The Digital Currency Trap Is Being Set
The same governments and financial institutions that allowed the blackout to happen have now positioned themselves as the saviours. They are introducing central bank digital currencies, promoting them as a safe alternative that can function even when the power grid or internet goes down.
What is actually being introduced is the infrastructure for total programmable control over every citizen’s spending habits. With centralized digital currencies, governments will have the ability to freeze accounts, restrict purchases, impose expiration dates on money, or prevent spending on unauthorized items.
As we document in It Starts With Gold™, once cash is abolished and digital-only currency becomes mandatory, individual freedom will be extinct. There will be no recourse when money is withheld by central controllers.
The Blueprint for Canada and the Rest of the World
What happened in Spain and Portugal is not an isolated event. It is the pilot test of a system that globalist planners intend to roll out worldwide. Canada has already committed to radical net-zero targets that follow the same dangerous template.
The same sequence will repeat: collapse traditional energy sources, destabilize national grids, introduce restrictive cash controls, then roll out state-run digital currencies. Individuals will have no alternative if they are not prepared beforehand.
In It Starts With Gold™, we show readers that the removal of energy and cash independence is not random. It is a playbook. It is the conversion of free nations into centrally managed, compliant digital states.
Gold: The Last Asset Standing
The blackout in Spain revealed the ultimate truth about physical gold. It is the only form of money that retains full value and utility during the crisis.
As we have always taught, gold cannot be hacked, frozen, deleted, or monitored. It does not require power or internet access. It remains the only form of wealth that exists outside of the government’s grasp.
When digital currencies arrive, programmed with rules, spending limits, or behavioural penalties, gold will be the last real money standing. In It Starts With Gold™, we outline how to protect yourself with physical assets that cannot be seized or restricted electronically.
The Collapse Is Not Coming. It Has Started.
What unfolded in Spain and Portugal was a live demonstration of the system we have warned about: destabilise the grid, enforce dependency through scarcity, outlaw physical money, and reintroduce controlled digital money as the only option.
The evidence is undeniable. This is no longer a warning. It is reality. Governments and central banks are constructing an economic prison for individuals who fail to act.
The time to protect yourself is now. This window of opportunity is closing quickly as the tools of financial surveillance are deployed. As we state in It Starts With Gold™, the last line of defence is personal ownership of real assets.
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