Posted on 08/04/2022 6:06:23 AM PDT by Rummyfan
We still see news coverage coming out of Europe issuing “warnings” about a possible energy crisis, spurred in part by the removal of Russian oil and natural gas from the European market. Concerns are being raised in the United States that the same thing “might” happen here. But this story is much bigger than just the Biden energy crisis. And these aren’t hypothetical discussions about power grid issues that are complex and difficult to explain. The reality is that it’s already upon us. It’s happening right now. In several European countries, the lights are already being dimmed if not extinguished in places. People are being asked to take cold showers or, in some places, not having any choice because there is no hot water. And it’s all being done in an effort to squirrel away any amount of energy they can before winter arrives. The President of the European Commission warned people this week that the time to start conserving and building stockpiles of oil and natural gas was yesterday. And it’s not just going to be Germany and Italy that are suffering. It will be the entire continent. (Associated Press)
The stakes are high. If Russia severs the supplies of gas it has already drastically reduced, authorities fear Europe risks becoming a colder, darker and less-productive place this winter. It’s imperative to economize gas now so it can be squirreled away for burning later in homes, factories and power plants, officials say.
“Europe needs to be ready,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. “To make it through the winter, assuming that there is a full disruption of Russian gas, we need to save gas to fill our gas storages faster. And to do so, we have to reduce our gas consumption...
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Trump tried to warn them but they laughed...
official kickoff of Dark Ages II
I grew up when so many people still remember the great depression in the USA. And i remember them all using the same gesture “turn out the light...” to signify how they had to make sure lights were off so you were not spending money.
I remember thinking “If all you had to do was make sure you shut off lights you were not using, then that’s not much of a hardship”
But it is clear now that it was more or less a symbolic gesture, and a shared memory. There was no money to pay for things, and there were no things to pay for. I can see it starting now.
Things happen gradually, then suddenly.
In several European countries, the lights are already being dimmed if not extinguished in places. People are being asked to take cold showers or, in some places, not having any choice because there is no hot water.
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Basically a reversion to the Paleolithic ear of living. No lights. No hot water. Even the Ancient Romans had hot baths 2,000 years ago.
a cold shower in the dark
LEFTIST progress
Like Robinson Crusoe, it’s primitive as can be.
Because giving evil Orange Man the raspberry was more important.....they get very little empathy from me.
Yet with a dividend, perhaps, if the Europeans take the extended hours of darkness and diminished heat to spending more time under the covers making more Europeans.
What did leftists use for light before they used candles?
Electricity.
The inconvenience will be temporary. Getting off russian gas will be worth it.
Totally self-inflicted
By who? The people? Or their leaders on the people by plan
Because we clearly see the Kind of destruction of our country going on deliberately by our leadership here too
Not smirkin’ now I suspect.
They made their bed now they have to sleep in it......better add a few more blankets.
Why is this such a big surprise? From what we “elected” in 2020, we are getting off easy so far. The Dems didn’t put themselves into a harder steal position by running on the New Green Deal platform for nothing. They are hell bent on implementing all of it, suffering voters be damned.
I was mentally singing that when I read your post. :)
Take that, Putin!!!
official kickoff of Dark Ages II
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From theocratic oppression, to the renaissance, to bureaucratic oppression. It’s a pendulum that swings in millennia
Guess we'll have to settle for the RV park at Myrtle Beach.
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