The high cost of Big Green in Europe

 Chris Queen:

It’s no secret that Europe long ago ceased embracing Judeo-Christian faith and values. In its place, the Europeans have embraced environmentalism with evangelistic fervor. Nations throughout Europe have turned their backs on fossil fuels and embraced the green agenda, pushing hard for an unrealistic goal of “net-zero” carbon emissions within arbitrary timelines. The area that was once the center of Christendom has replaced God with green.

Earlier this year, Canadian scientist and writer Martin Grünn put it this way: “Environmentalism has seeped into nearly every nook and cranny of day-to-day life in the developed world… Compliance is expected, with laggards publicly shamed and/or faced with activist onslaughts.”

But Europe is beginning to reap the consequences of the green embrace, and it doesn’t look appealing. The combination of this enviro-religious fervor and the energy shortages that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought about has created dystopic conditions and dire predictions for Europeans.

Last week, Spain’s government announced a new measure that limits thermostat settings in public buildings to no lower than 27°C (80.6°F) in the summer and no higher than 19°C (66.2°F) in the winter. When the government heard backlash, it exempted “hospitals; universities, schools and kindergartens; and hairdressing salons” from the rule.

Two weeks ago, the German city of Hanover implemented a ban on hot water and central heating in all public buildings — the first municipality on the continent to do so. The ban includes pools and gyms. Other measures under consideration amid an “imminent gas shortage” include turning off public fountains and nighttime lighting at public buildings.

“These measures could well become an annual occurrence between April and September following a controversial demand from the EU in Brussels on Tuesday, July 26, for member states to reduce their consumption of gas by 15 per cent,” reports Chris King at EuroWeekly. “With some exceptions, thermostats in public buildings will also be set at just 20C (68F).”

The natural gas shortages accompany a summer of intense heatwaves that have brought restrictions on outdoor events as well as dry conditions that are causing European rivers to dry up.

The future doesn’t bode well for Europeans either. The government of the UK, already dealing with an acrimonious leadership contest among the ruling Conservative party, has developed an emergency plan for an energy worst-case scenario that includes potential blackouts in January.

“Under that outlook, below-average temperatures and reduced electricity imports from Norway and France could expose four days in January when the UK may need to trigger emergency measures to conserve gas, they said,” reports Bloomberg.
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“Consulting firm Cornwall Insight has warned that energy bills in a typical U.K. household could triple next year, reaching £4,266 ($5,208),” notes MarketWatch.
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Net zero is an unrealistic goal when you consider current so-called green energy.  It is also an unnecessary goal.  Europe is suffering because of its past dependency on Russia which Trump warned them about.  They need to develop their own fossil fuel resources,