Two stories on the suicide of the west

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David Stom: Degrowth in Action

The MSM is crowing about how Germany has cut its CO2 emissions, showing that it can be done.

Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped by about a fifth last year to their lowest level since the 1950s, although the reduction mostly came from stagnant industrial output in Europe’s largest economy rather than improved energy efficiency.

The country emitted 673mn tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2023 — or 21 per cent less than the previous year, according to Berlin-based think-tank Agora Energiewende’s annual review of Germany’s energy transition.

Roughly half of this drop, which Agora said reflected a “sharp” decline in coal-fired power generation, could be attributed to a slowdown in German industrial activity. Only 15 per cent stemmed from technology improvements such as greater use of renewable energy.

What these stories are leaving out is the practical reason why Germany’s emissions are declining: the country is in the process of deindustrializing, hollowing out its economy in the name of preserving nature.

.Germany’s emissions are going down because they are shutting down the economy.

“Degrowth” means just what you think it means: reducing greenhouse gas production by reducing all production. If we go back to living as they did in the 14th century, then the Earth will be saved, at the minor cost of massive poverty and eventually the death of billions who could never survive in a deindustrialized economy.

If you think I am exaggerating, consider this: European countries aren’t just deindustrializing; they are also closing down farms. The Netherlands is the most productive agricultural producer in the world by acre, and the government is forcing farms to shut down to meet greenhouse gas targets.

No industry. No food. Throw in some medical murder, and you are on the path to depopulation, which has been a goal of the Left since the 1960s.

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