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A series of farmer-led demonstrations against a government climate rule in the Netherlands could be the beginning of a global movement, according to experts interviewed by Fox News Digital.
The Dutch government issued a plan in June laying out nitrogen emission reductions, largely targeting the nation's agriculture industry which produces an outsized shared of such emissions, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FSA). The government, though, directly acknowledged that "there is not a future for all" farmers to continue their business under the proposal.
The Netherlands emits a large quantity of nitrogen because of its massive agriculture industry which accounts for about 87% of the country's 124 million kilograms of annual ammonia emissions, the FSA report showed. The nation exported a whopping $26.8 billion worth of food products despite having a relatively tiny population compared to other major producers, according to World Bank data.
Experts also argued that the farmers' actions in the Netherlands mimicked previous protests around the world and could foreshadow similar uprisings against government overreach. For example, the so-called "yellow vest" movement in France began as a protest against increased nationwide fuel taxes.
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"This is literally communism," Dutch political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek told Fox News Digital in an interview. "If the state says, ‘we are going to take your private property away for the sake of a greater good,’ then the state has the prerogative to create crises to strip you of your rights. That's what's happening here."
Vlaardingerbroek said the farmers' reaction to government actions should "absolutely" be a warning for other governments pursuing similar agendas.
"This will definitely affect ordinary civilians," she continued. "It's part of a global agenda, so everyone around the world, especially Western countries, should be aware that this is something that is not just about the Dutch government. This is part of the ‘2030 agenda,’ this is part of the ‘great reset.’"
Similar protests could soon happen in the U.K. and parts of the European Union where natural gas and energy costs are near historic levels, according to Benny Peiser, the director of the London-based Global Warming Policy Foundation. In the U.K., increased prices are expected to send 24% of households, or about 6.5 million households, into fuel poverty.
"The issue is that despite this growing energy crisis in Europe, some governments still prioritize the climate agenda which makes energy ever more expensive, or which forces farmers to close their farms because that is the top priority, still, for a number of governments," Peiser told Fox News Digital in an interview. "This whole green agenda is causing huge burdens."
"The Dutch are driven mad by these policies because it's killing their businesses and the farmers are fighting back big time," he said. "This is what's going to happen all over Europe. I have no doubt that, come winter and millions of families can't heat their homes or pay their bills anymore, that there will be unrest all over Europe."
When the Dutch have shut down their farms, where will the rest of Europe get its brussel sprouts from? Or any other, you know, food? I saw an article the other day written by one of those eco-organizations, arguing (they have decided) that the “ideal population size is 550 million people”. That would make 3 billion people redundant; I doubt that the folx pushing that agenda don’t plan on being part of the surplus population, but it may not matter: they’ll have been hanged from the lampposts long before that number is reached.
UPDATE: In preparation for Germany’s coming home heating and industrial production crisis, the government will close down its last three remaining nuclear power plants this December. “You will burn your furniture and have nothing, and you will be happy”, declared Robert Habeck, Germany’s Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
