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France to turn lights off at night
American Thinker ^ | 24 Jul, 2022 | Eric Utter

Posted on 07/24/2022 5:39:08 AM PDT by MtnClimber

French President Emmanuel Macron recently remarked that “the summer, early autumn will be very hard” for French people due to the war in Ukraine, as he believes a total cutoff of Russian gas is likely to occur. Macron is telling French citizens to engage in energy “sobriety” and to prepare for even higher food prices.

Macron added, “From now on, I will ask public bodies, and all companies that can, to consume less. We will create a program and try to use lighting less in the evenings. We are launching a load reduction and sobriety program. We have to prepare for a scenario in which we have to give up Russian gas completely.”

Ironically, the French President noted that public lighting will be turned off at night in some places during a televised interview to commemorate Bastille Day, July 14th. The taking of the Bastille signaled the beginning of the French Revolution, and thus became a symbol of the end of the Old Régime.

Choosing to go dark by turning off the lights at night is an unmistakable symbol of the coming end of the current regime.

And France is by no means alone. California, the erstwhile Golden State, the Land of Milk and Honey—and Hollywood—says it expects periodic blackouts this summer as the power runs low. In fact, California has struggled to keep the power on the past two summers, due to progressive policies that range from the nonsensical to the insane.

France is not engaged in war with Russia but is using the war as an excuse to demand energy “sobriety” from her citizens. California is not fighting Russia either.

As the sun literally and metaphorically rises in the East, the lights flicker and grow dim in the West.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: communism; energy; europe; france
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1 posted on 07/24/2022 5:39:08 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

The left seems to enjoy ruling over suffering and misery. I suppose it must make them feel god-like. Lucifer would approve.


2 posted on 07/24/2022 5:39:18 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

ROTFL! Turn them on in the daytime! That’s the ticket!


3 posted on 07/24/2022 5:41:05 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Congress No Longer Works for the American People. It Works for the Federal Government.)
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To: MtnClimber

They’re crime free, so no problem, right?/s


4 posted on 07/24/2022 5:42:09 AM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: MtnClimber

What a maroon.


5 posted on 07/24/2022 5:42:57 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: MtnClimber

I thought France generated 70% of its electricity from Nuclear Power.


6 posted on 07/24/2022 5:45:40 AM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: MtnClimber

Paris under the WEF/NWO was the “city of lights”.


7 posted on 07/24/2022 5:47:19 AM PDT by dforest
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To: MtnClimber

It’s going to take more than dimming the lights Mr Macron, but keep dreaming and never forget the last time the French peasantry went hungry.


8 posted on 07/24/2022 5:48:34 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: MtnClimber

All this is because of the UNNECESSARY climate policy that these dumb a**** have colluded to force upon the population. Fools....


9 posted on 07/24/2022 5:49:46 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: mfish13

France does generate a lot of energy from nuclear, they are the #1 country as far as percentage from nuclear. There are several plants down for maintenance, some for serious maintenance that may take a couple of years. Bad timing with the Ukraine war.


10 posted on 07/24/2022 5:50:25 AM PDT by Roadrunner383 (;)
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To: MtnClimber

Why the heck is everybody just putting up with the WEF turning?


11 posted on 07/24/2022 5:55:19 AM PDT by Paladin2
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“California, the erstwhile Golden State, the Land of Milk and Honey—and Hollywood—says it expects periodic blackouts this summer as the power runs low”.

Well, that’ll be real good for those having to charge electric cars.


12 posted on 07/24/2022 5:57:02 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: mfish13

That is correct; which makes it more inexplicable considering night time is not when the peak load occurs and nuclear power generation would probably handle it on it’s own.


13 posted on 07/24/2022 5:57:36 AM PDT by omni-scientist
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To: mfish13

They do, but the government has neglected maintenance and has had to shut down several reactors, and on top of that the drought Europe is experiencing means that in certain areas the water levels are too low to operate at maximum capacity.


14 posted on 07/24/2022 5:58:38 AM PDT by Shadow44
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To: MtnClimber

You misspelled “creating”.


15 posted on 07/24/2022 6:00:39 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: MtnClimber

Sounds about right. I would not walk at night in certain
arrondissements.


16 posted on 07/24/2022 6:01:43 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: MtnClimber

Sounds mean like Russia is winning. The Russians have their lights 24/7 day and night meanwhile, the friends have to shut off the lights at night because they were enough electricity. I seem to recall Trump saying something about that, however, I believe he talked about Germany getting too much of their energy from Russia.


17 posted on 07/24/2022 6:06:36 AM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: metmom
You misspelled “creating”.

Ha! I did not misspell, but I neglected to add that...Create and rule over misery and suffering. My bad!

18 posted on 07/24/2022 6:08:48 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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“the summer, early autumn will be very hard”


But January, February, dead-of-winter, will be no problem.


19 posted on 07/24/2022 6:13:33 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: MtnClimber

France will look like North Korea from the satellite


20 posted on 07/24/2022 6:14:58 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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