Hollywood Elites Caught Using Electricity at Secret Party During Climate Power-Down
Future Fake News - August 17, 2043
A number of high-profile celebrities are facing public backlash after video emerged of a secret electricity-filled party in the Hollywood Hills during last weekend’s mandatory city-wide Climate Power-Down. Hackers obtained surveillance video from the smarthome’s security system and posted it online. Clips of celebrities at the party immediately went viral on social media.
The party, held in an underground bunker beneath a billion-dollar mansion, was filled with A-list Hollywood celebrities from the movie, television, sports, and music industries, all of whom were vocal advocates of the Climate Power-Down. Also at the party were prominent political figures, including the Mayor of Los Angeles and the Governor of California, both responsible for implementing the no-electricity policy and sunset curfew.
The underground party featured air-conditioning, frozen drinks, live music, gambling, human vs. robot MMA fights, zero-gravity simulators, and a 3D holographic laser light show. A robot wait staff served gourmet freshly cooked food, including real meat which has been banned in the state since 2036. With all public transportation and self-driving cars unavailable during the power-down weekend, the party-goers traveled to the bunker via coal-powered trains in a hidden network of Prohibition-era underground tunnels.
The most scandalous part of it all is the alleged source of the electricity at the party. With the entire electrical grid shut down, and the import of any gasoline-based fossil fuels to California illegal, they couldn’t use traditional generators. Instead, the super-rich used “human hamster-wheels,” which are mills that generate electricity by poor people continuously running in giant stationary wheels like hamsters.
An anonymous source who was at the party defended the human hamster-wheels as a source of carbon-neutral renewable green energy that is good for the environment. Plus, quote, “It’s not like the human hamsters were slaves—they were paid for their service.” The human hamster wheels were needed to power the robot waiters, chefs, and servants. It is believed that the underground parties have been going on at several secret “Speakeasy” bunkers located throughout Los Angeles since the Climate Power-Down program started seven years ago.
The Mayor, as well as several other high-profile celebrities caught on camera at the secret party, claim the surveillance video is a deepfake video created by far-right climate deniers from the Free State of Texas. The Mayor insists she was observing the curfew at her home that night and encourages fellow Angelenos to do the same. She provided video evidence of herself in the Metaverse during the party, but conspiracy theorists claim her avatar was just an AI proxy. Despite growing public resentment, next month’s Climate Power-Down weekend will continue as planned.