Poor chumps, they don't realize that deindustrialization is the goal
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Six experts warn congressional leaders not to follow Europe 'blindly into the same disaster'
Energy experts sound alarm on Europe's energy crisis as 'clear and present warning' for America
"The actual environmental benefits of 'green' energy are few and far between, if there are any at all. Yet its economic and national security impact is immeasurably negative," the experts wrote in the letter. "Compromising American energy security for the sake of climate alarmism is more than a misstep, it is a catastrophic error – just look at Europe."
… "For political reasons, Europe chose to rely on renewable energy and also oil from hostile sources — in this case being Russia," James Taylor, the president of think tank Heartland Institute, told FOX Business in an interview. "Here we have in the United States, we're being told by the environmental left, by the administration, that we should choose the same path, that we should be focusing on renewable energy. That's just a terrible path."
"In Europe, you see electricity prices that are approximately double what they are here in the United States," he continued. "That, again, is because of the choices that they have made for renewable energy and relying on a hostile nation. We're setting ourselves up for the same thing, which would definitely be a bad idea."
But,
European Union leaders have doubled down on the transition.
Last year, the EU unveiled a framework for a massive overhaul of energy policies including a plan to massively reduce carbon emissions by investing more in renewables and limiting gas-powered vehicle purchases. The Biden administration has taken a similar approach, limiting fossil fuel production and pushing solar, wind and electric vehicles.
"All this stuff puts us on the path to becoming Europe and climate foolishness has caused all the problems that are going on in Europe right now," Milloy told FOX Business.
"They started getting rid of their coal plants, replacing them with wind and solar," Milloy added. "In the case of Germany, Germany spent more than $500 billion doing that. You get to 2021 and then all of a sudden, the wind stops blowing in Europe or declines a little bit. And that started the energy crisis because if there's no wind, then you have to burn more natural gas."
Yet, this is exactly what the European/Davos crowd wants, and they’re busy demonstrating that.
In theory, a postponement is possible. When Doel 3 gets disconnected from the grid, the shutdown phase will begin with a five-to-six-year period during which the reactor is unloaded, the fuel elements are cooled and the infrastructure is decontaminated to get rid of all radioactive particles.
“No technically irreversible operations take place during this five-year phase,” Moens explains. This will only be the case in the next phase, the dismantling phase.
However, a postponement or reversal of the process that has been prepared for four years would be “neither wise nor advisable” for technical as well as organisational reasons, Doel director said. Ordering fuel, for example, would take 36 months and training the operators to run Doel would take three years.
“We have not been asked either. We have no intention of restarting the reactor. I don’t improvise with nuclear safety,” Moens said.
I’d really like to freeze in the dark in Holland, wooden shoe?
I mentioned a few weeks ago that in the Netherlands, where 92% of all homes are heated with natural gas, they’ve capped the gas fields that supplied that full and are now trying to buy it from other countries. How’s that worked out? Residents are stockpiling wood and coal.
And that’s not just happening in the Land of Cheese: EUROPEANS INCREASINGLY BURNING TREES FOR ENERGY AFTER GREEN POLICIES, RUSSIAN WAR, LEAVE COUNTRIES HOBBLED
So, what to make of all this? This:
