First of all I am far from being a green-enthusiast. The green pie-in-the-sky dreamers are just that … dreamers!
The following is a headline from a piece that was published almost one year ago on 10/2/22 in Fox Business:
“Energy experts sound alarm on Europe’s energy crisis as ‘clear and present warning’ for America
Six experts warned congressional leaders not to follow Europe ‘blindly into the same disaster’”
From the same piece:
“In a letter the coalition of six experts urged congressional Republican leaders — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. — to consider how green policies have contributed to the energy crisis in Europe. They added that the crisis proves the U.S. lawmakers need to bolster, not “compromise,” energy security.
In recent months, European consumers and businesses have been hit with massive energy bills due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which upended global oil and gas markets due to Russian producers’ dominance, and an aggressive transition to green energy sources like wind and solar pushed by several major European nations.
Amid the crisis, Europeans have been forced to take drastic measures to conserve energy and keep bills low while governments have imposed rationing rules and introduced relief programs. The letter noted that the crisis has forced manufacturing plants to close and will likely lead to major blackouts throughout the winter in Germany.”
It didn’t take long for this warning to come to fruition in Germany.
From Fox Business (10/27/22):
A German energy company is dismantling a wind farm to allow for an adjacent coal mine to expand its operations, officials said.
One of the wind farm’s eight wind turbines was dismantled last week, and two others are expected to be taken down next year. The remaining five turbines will be dismantled by the end of 2023, said a spokesperson for the company that builds and runs the wind farm.
One of the wind farm’s eight wind turbines was dismantled last week, and two others are expected to be taken down next year. The remaining five turbines will be dismantled by the end of 2023, said a spokesperson for the company that builds and runs the wind farm.”
It appears that reality has set in in Germany, and hopefully reality will soon set it here in the US also!
9/19/23