Posted on 07/08/2022 10:47:20 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Farmers across the Netherlands have continued to protest the nation’s draconian climate change policies that will destroy the livelihoods of thousands of farmers. Dutch farmers have used farm equipment to block entrances to food distribution centers, highways and airports. The ongoing protests have led to empty supermarket shelves across the nation.
The protests, which began in earnest on July 3, have erupted in response to a new policy that will force Dutch provinces to reduce emissions anywhere between 12 and 70 percent depending on area. Agricultural areas have been the hardest hit, with the government even admitting that there will be no way to fully compensate the farmers. Among measures the government will be taking includes a massive reduction in the number of cattle farmers will be allowed to manage and the outright buying of farms.
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“I think that lots of people got inspired by the Freedom Convoy in Canada, way before the COVID protests started in Holland,” a farmer told Counter Signal. “So lots of people followed the truckers in Canada. And a-lot of those people are joining these convoys now to support the farmers.”
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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
The government actually mandating “no farming” and “no raising cattle”. Insane
It will happen here IF, in the unlikely event, the Dims keep control of Congress AND the WH in 2024. I don’t expect this to happen but if it does, the greenies will go full speed ahead on their plan to abolish fossil fuels which will cause food shortages to only get worse.
Stupid being stupid and stupid wins empty grocery shelves
A very large group of morons think they can change the weather. They think the Earth is static and not hauling azz at 500,000+ mph and is not a very complicated thing from a physics standpoint.
“...the government even admitting that there will be no way to fully compensate the farmers”
Why discuss compensation? That is absolutely pointless. Just stop the stupid rules that are going to shut down the farms in the first place.
At that point, all we'll be able to afford would be rice and beans. Maybe chicken once a week.
This issue isn’t about climate and weather. It has to do with the enormous amounts of nitrogenous waste from farms. They claim it’s been a “long-standing problem,” but I have yet to see an explanation of what, exactly, the problem is.
It’s a lot easier for a dictatorial government to control food importation than food production.
Ran across a very very interesting take on what is occurring by Ernst Wolff called ‘The End Game’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua3yIfRVlIU&list=PLBY3rXeVPzfrDrsllDgbKOVpmmoZGPMjQ&index=5
Don’t worry about the empty store shelves, the Dutch can always eat their liberal politicians. They’ve done it before.
The deer that vandalize my plants on a frequent basis will actually have value at that point.
Coming to America soon if we don’t eradicate the followers of a retarded Swedish teenage girl.
These people have utopian, cult-like, social-engineering dreams as big as the worst Marxists or Nazis
Leftist bureaucrats claim they know:
https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/2021/4/science-highlights/nitrogen/index.htm
Holland is the 2nd largest exporter of food after the US.
When the west has it’s first experience with mass starvation everyone needs to remember who is responsible.
It won’t be Monsanto.
That’s a bad link.
Leftist government “scientists” know everything. Just look how good they did on COVID. And preventing inflation from taking off.
If the Dutch government is forced to cave on this issue, that will be blood in the water for the EU monstrosity as a whole. No doubt Brussels is making that point to the Dutch government at high volume by the hour.
Delicious.
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