I think he just wanted to make the joke about the North Star. I admit it made me laugh.
Ok maybe not laugh out loud. But I was entertained.
All of us have absurd energy bills because we are wasteful Americans. We have a burn barrel in our back yard for $1 bills. When we get them we throw them in the burn barrel and set it on fire. I then harness the energy from the burn barrel to fuel a coffee grinder for the beans I have flown in from Ethiopia. I also club a baby seal each time I drink a cup of coffee.
All of this is true.