According to the Washington DC spin, the various EU energy ministers changed clean energy justification of ‘climate change’ during the International Energy Agency (IEA) summit because they were concerned the U.S. would pull out of the IEA group. The IEA shifted to green energy as a security priority, no longer concerned with climate change.
However, given the situation with European energy costs and the severe problems they are having within their collective and individual economies, what they consider “national security” appears to be their need to control public outrage at the green energy consequences.
Affordable or ‘cheap’ energy production is directly linked to the underlying economy. If energy production costs more, heating, electricity, fuel, transportation, just about everything costs more. Energy prices drive consumer prices and that has become a serious problem for the U.K and EU who have chased the “Build Back Better” global energy reset.
With President Trump targeting reciprocity in a global trade balance, suddenly the economies of Europe, Canada and parts of Asia are feeling the impact. Industrial manufacturing in Europe continues dropping and various sectors like the automotive manufacturing showcase the contraction. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or economic output within each of the contracting nations is putting hard data behind the problem.
Suddenly, with their economies now quivering, the IEA meeting in Europe drops the climate change objective as justification for their ‘renewable’ energy programs. They blame the USA, but in reality, they appear to be trying to save themselves from feeling the full consequences of their action.
(POLITICO) – […] Ministers, senior officials and ministerial advisers told POLITICO that the event had cemented a long-running rebranding of the green transition that emphasizes the security benefits of renewables rather than their climate-saving potential. It’s a change that has been slowly building since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office 13 months ago, and that was turbocharged by Wright’s threats on Tuesday to quit the IEA and fears Washington might stop funding the body. The U.S. provides around 14 percent of the IEA’s funding.
“With diplomacy it’s about looking for those places where you can work together,” said one European energy ministry official present at the closed-door discussions. “If the word ‘climate change’ is a red drape for a bull then don’t use it.”
The emphasis on security — not climate change — was everywhere.
“Renewable energy is not about tackling climate change, it’s about economic growth and affordable and low energy prices,” Austrian State Secretary of Energy Elizabeth Zehetner told POLITICO on the sidelines of the event. Zehetner stressed however that Europeans wouldn’t be “blackmailed” by the U.S.
Her comments reflect that independently of the U.S., Europe has itself moved away from the climate fervor that dominated Brussels policymaking in the first part of this decade. Still, despite some backsliding on green rules, the EU remains fundamentally in favor of strong policies to tackle climate change. (read more)
People tend to forget, coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic era, the Build Back Better agenda to radically change energy policy throughout the west was the primary cause of massive jumps in consumer prices.
Climate alarmists aren’t much different than the Heaven’s Gate cult. They might as well just pack their bags, put on their matching Nikes and wait for the end to come.
What to do with all these stupid people …. I see no difference between these nitwits and the Jim Jones followers. Most people want someone or something to follow because they can’t lead. Thankfully, we have President Trump.
Just my two cents, looks like a smallish group of uber wealthy/powerful people who realized that previous doesn’t fill their spiritual void, so they’ve glommed onto this climate religion to gain purpose. Wouldn’t it be great if I was saving the planet, and obtw just coincidentally i get to be master of the universe. A group of wealthy powerful people having their midlife crisis.
Have been wondering why we tolerate these dastards ever since they started this bs @ 1970. We’ve always known this stuff was a lie & would screw-up the economy, etc… . Looks like Pres. Trump is the only one in the world who is willing to go to war over it & Thank You God for him. In the words of Lt. Gen. N.B. Forrest: “to disagree with ’em means fightin’ ’em, & fightin’ ’em means killin’ ’em. They will not allow it to be any other way.”
Sounds strong because it is strong, & it’s very true. If we’re not at this point we must be close. Look at what they’re doing to children. Look at covid & all the other f’d-up stuff they’re doing that’s destroying us. When are we going to put a stop to it? We’ve already let it go WAY too far ……. (OK, vented)
AlGore created out of thin air the entire scam of “climate” to personally enrich himself and many others in USA and then spread for decades from taxpayer funds to many global economies and countries. People once paid $5 to buy phantom climate points from ALGORE that literally made him a billionaire. IT WAS SHOCKING TO WATCH THE IDIOCY.
“Renewable energy is not about tackling climate change, it’s about economic growth and affordable and low energy prices,” Austrian State Secretary of Energy Elizabeth Zehetner told POLITICO.
What nonsense! Affordable means affordable, not with a price that is artificially lowered with tax dollars under the table. Trump’s take on energy is spot on — you make money with energy, you don’t lose money with energy.
If it makes sense, then why doesn’t it make sense?
P.S. An “all of the above” strategy.
Though I do think we ignore insulation. If we gave a tax credit to insulate 5 million, 10 million homes a year = that would stimulate jobs and drive down demand.*
* though programs like this can be ripe for exploitation.
P.P.S. They were the idiots who shut down 24 / 7 no-CO2 nuclear power bc of Japan.
“Renewable energy is not about tackling climate change, it’s about economic growth and affordable and low energy prices” = cognitive dissonance, or lying.
LYING. Deliberate, cold-blooded lying.
“Biden Build Back Better” was very costly in terms of energy and food costs! Especially for those of us living on Social Security!! The four years of the AutoPen President were the worse four years of any President in my lifetime! The real reason demented Joe Biden ran for President was to avoid being indicted and to pardon Hunter!!! JMO
And, thus, why Bbbiden was installed.
They never really retreat. Only hide and obfuscate long enough to win an election or avoid consequences. Then…back with a vengeance.
I hope Secretary Wright is smart enough to know that this is simply the rebranding from Affirmative Action to Diversity?
“…rebranding of the green transition that emphasizes the security benefits of renewables rather than their climate-saving potential.”
I believe it is posturing, nothing more
“Renewable energy is not about tackling climate change, it’s about economic growth and affordable and low energy prices.”
The proles might not have cooling when it’s hot or heating when it’s cold, but by golly they have energy security.
The proles might not be able to afford gasoline or electricity, but by golly they have energy security.
We’re doing the same thing while changing the lie we feed them, but by golly they have energy security.
We’re replacing the proles with people we like – people like us – but by golly they have energy security.
We want to use them up in a war, which will make absolutely sure they have energy security.
We’re looting the country of everything productive – from property to business to culture …energy security!
Look, we wore out “for the children”, “for the greater good”, “saving the planet”, “fighting racism”, “fighting fascism”, “our democracy” and all the good slogans — what do you expect from us?
Look for Greta to start talking ‘security’
Trump should withdraw from the IEA.
Cut more purse strings to the climate nuts.
This pivot is proof that ” Climate change” or whatever they are calling it now is total BS.
Sorry……..but I hope their previous hoax on climate change and their attempt to grab dollars over it comes back with the full force of karma multiplied 1000’s of times over! They need to suffer to learn…..and if they are too stubborn, too stupid or too committed to do that….then suffering is what needs to happen to the fullest extent!
Maybe a financial collapse of their economies is the perfect medicine for their power grab mentality…..all the while they watch the American economy grow and become less dependent on world global thought!
Leaving them in the dust licking their wounds and trying to explain their intent of control to their people’s tearing down their apparatus!
They seem to be in the process of being converted to islam, and so look for more jaw-dropping financial exploits at the end of which europe will be bankrupt, whether energy, defense, wire fraud, or social spending or internal corruption, or out and out violent robbery of the european peoples by hostile foreigners, whatever is easiest. They will be slaves in their own lands trying to pay unaffordable rents working at pittance jobs and paying muslim tax also, that is the future of europe unfortunately.
“Renewable energy” does not exist in any scalable way except with nuclear reactors. Therefore, there are no security benefits of “renewable energy.” Just lije there are no security benefits to anything done by EU technocrats.
The civilizational suicide going on in Europe is caused by diabolical disorientation. There is no other explanation. For 1400 years, mohammedans have been trying to invade Europe. Since Europe has lost the Christian faith, become secularized and therefore opened itself up to diabolical influence as a whole, there are now 50 million muslims living on the continent with a reproductive rate twice the rate of Europeans.
The godless leftists in charge of Europe’s extinction are now going to conscript these mohammedans into their armies and train them with the skills necessary to exterminate the native population.
This should happen at just about the same time the lights go out, the factories shutter, and food and goods are unable to he transported anywhere. But at least no one will call the sheep of Europe racist!
The EU and Zelensky are like small children hovering over a bag of Halloween candy, waiting for their opportunity to divvy up the spoils, with Orban hovering over the bag saying: “No! You can’t have that!”. They want him gone because he’s standing in the way of the billions they’ve confiscated from Russia.