Black’s article serves as a cautionary tale about the potential pitfalls of hasty and ideologically driven climate policies.
Tag: EU
The War On Cars
In a fit of self-loathing, the European Union has begun to destroy the economic engine that pays its bills. Some of this is well known, but some is not, and…
The EU’s net zero retreat is gathering steam
Only a “consensus” of climate activists with their heads in the clouds – plus Ed Miliband – thinks we could save consumers money by closing down all our gas power…
Sobering Up? EU May Scrap Its Plans To Ban Internal Combustion Engines By 2035
The EU plans to reassess the phase-out of combustion engines, based on the latest data and developments.
Green Movement Is Failing…Now They’re Trying to Force Citizens to Love Them
…governments in Europe are now resorting to heavy-handed tactics to force citizens to “like” them again.
The Deindustrialization of Europe in Five Charts
Industrial electricity use in the EU is collapsing. US policymakers “Have no excuse for not looking at Europe and learning.”
Thanks, Associated Press, For Reporting on E.U. Farmers’ Victory over Harmful Climate Regulations
The E.U. commission’s backtracking on its draconian climate proposals suggest that when enough peoples’ daily lives are disrupted, and store shelves are empty, even authoritarian leaning politicians can take the…
Europe’s solar industry warns of bankruptcy risk as prices drop
“This is creating concrete risks for companies to go into insolvency as their significant stock will need to be devalued,” SolarPower Europe said.
Unreliable Green Energy Has the World Running Back to Coal and Nuclear
…the reality of energy demand beckons these advanced economies to fall back on trustworthy fossil fuels and embrace highly efficient nuclear energy.
EU abandons ban of combustion engine cars – Britain needs to follow suit
Net Zero Watch is calling on Rishi Sunak to follow suit and abandon its 2030 ban of the sale of ICE cars.
EU Takes Step to Force All Homes, Buildings to Meet Crushing Energy Efficiency Standards
“That’s pie-in-the-sky policymaking from cuckoo land. It’s neither affordable nor feasible,” said head of the Haus&Grund association Kai Warnecke to Bild newspaper.
Bureaucracies Utterly Incapable of Making Reasonable Tradeoffs
I’m old enough to remember when being self-sufficient in food production and not dependent on food imports was considered a positive good for a country.
EU Puts Continent on Fast Track to Zero… New Fossil Fuel Cars to Be Banned By 2035!
There isn’t going to be any soft landing for this reckless blind leap by the EU.
From Brexit to NetExit
…Estonia will be by no means the only nation that will not tolerate so gross a series of harms directed at its population.
China To Double Coal-Fired Power Plant Capacity…Aims to Avoid European, US Blunders
By the end of 2023, China plans to build new coal-fired power plants with a capacity of at least 165 gigawatts – which is equivalent to more than double of…
The New World Energy Order: A Battle Of Attrition
Pensioners and poorer sections of society across Western Europe and the UK, unable to afford skyrocketing heating and electricity bills, will be the most affected proximate victims.
Top Producer Albemarle Risks Shutting German Plant if EU Declares Lithium a Hazard
Top lithium producer Albemarle Corp (ALB.N) may have to shut its Langelsheim plant in Germany if the metal used in electric vehicle batteries is declared a hazardous material by the European Union,…
EU Civil Service Pushing Meditation, “Inner Green New Deal”, to Defeat Climate Anxiety
Training Eurocrats to take long walks in the woods during their work day, or close their eyes and think about trees and animals, has alleviated climate anxiety according to proponents.
EU Russian Energy Plan: Gas Storage and Rooftop Solar Energy
Any hope for an outbreak of energy policy sanity amongst EU leaders is rapidly fading, as they unveil their innumerate plan to replace dependence on Russian imports.
Record Coal Demotes ‘Net Zero’
Climate optimists say: bring on the next 1.5°C and watch the energy-rich world adapt and prosper.
The EU has lost its mind: Private jet/yacht emissions are totally fine, the rest of you can go cuddle your cats to stay warm
As much as I feel sorry for the citizens of Europe, two thoughts come to mind: first is that I’m glad this catastrophe isn’t happening in a place like Africa…
EU Facing New Energy Crisis Next Year
Europeans will pay an additional 350 billion euros ($395 billion) in energy bills next year as global demand for fuel and power threatens to keep prices elevated, according to Greece’s…